# Mer Gaon Village, Jainti, Almora (Uttarakhand) – Population

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Village · Jainti, Almora 

# Mer Gaon

Mer Gaon is a village in Jainti sub-district of Almora district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **630 people in 138 households**, the 12th largest of 117 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.2%.

- 630people (2011)
- 138households
- 70.8%literacy
- 1,045females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mer Gaon

Of every 100 households in Mer Gaon in 2011, 50 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mer Gaon · ■ Jainti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**52%

Tap water ****31%**

**79%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**91%

Use banking services ****95%**

**87%

Television ****18%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**30%

Own their home ****90%**

**94%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Mer Gaon?

■ Mer Gaon · ■ Jainti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.8%**

**75.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1045**

**1092

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****714**

**948

Working population ****44.4%**

**53.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.7% for men and 57.4% for women. 37% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 152 (54%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 50 (18%) · **■** Marginal 77 (28%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Jainti

- Darimi722 people
- Dhoora Sangroli677 people
- Barakot661 people
- Pubhaun641 people
- Kutoli599 people
- Teekar523 people
- Sunari484 people
- Kanra466 people

[All 125 villages in Jainti](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/almora/jainti/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mer Gaon?630 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mer Gaon in?Almora district (Jainti sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Mer Gaon?70.8% (Census 2011)