# Meruwa Village, Kotdwara, Garhwal (Uttarakhand) – Population

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Village · Kotdwara, Garhwal 

# Meruwa

Meruwa is a village in Kotdwara sub-district of Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **144 people in 30 households**, the 147th largest of 301 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 144people (2011)
- 30households
- 86.7%literacy
- 1,250females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meruwa

Of every 100 households in Meruwa in 2011, 90 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 48 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Meruwa · ■ Kotdwara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**94%

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

**71%

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

**29%

Tap water ****100%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**64%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****48%**

**60%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****52%**

**39%

Use banking services ****97%**

**85%

Television ****64%**

**73%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**22%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****16%**

**12%

Own their home ****100%**

**80%

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 Meruwa?

■ Meruwa · ■ Kotdwara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.7%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1250**

**1048

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****846**

**873

Working population ****47.9%**

**30.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.1% for men and 79.7% for women. 48% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 3 (4%) · **■** Other work 7 (10%) · **■** Marginal 59 (86%)

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 Kotdwara

- Ladokhi147 people
- Mawasha146 people
- Pathur Rodiyal146 people
- Khajari145 people
- Bhal Gaun143 people
- Godi Badi142 people
- Simalna Malla141 people
- Jamal140 people

[All 315 villages in Kotdwara](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/garhwal/kotdwara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Meruwa?144 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meruwa in?Garhwal district (Kotdwara sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Meruwa?86.7% (Census 2011)