Meru, Hazaribagh

Meru
Census Town
Meru Meru Location in Jharkhand, India
Coordinates: 24°1′46″N 85°27′26″E / 24.02944°N 85.45722°ECoordinates: 24°1′46″N 85°27′26″E / 24.02944°N 85.45722°E
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Population (2011)
• Total	7,780
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Santali
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	825317
Telephone code	06546
Vehicle registration	JH

Meru is a census town in Hazaribagh (community development block) of Hazaribagh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is located on the Hazaribagh- Bagodar road (National Highway 100).

Geography

It is located at 24°1′46″N 85°27′26″E / 24.02944°N 85.45722°E.^[1]

Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India Meru had a population of 7,780. There were 4,740 males and 3,040 females. Scheduled Castes numbered 957 and Scheduled Tribes numbered 31.^[2]

As of 2001 India census,^[3] Meru had a population of 8,547. Males constitute 66% of the population and females 34%. Meru has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 86%, and female literacy is 55%. In Meru, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Literacy

As per 2011 census the total number of literates in Meru was 5,914 out of which 3,992 were males and 1,922 were females.^[2]

BSF centre

Meru has a BSF training centre and school for advance training of counter insurgency, counter terrorism and bomb disposal.^[4]

References

1. http://wikimapia.org/#lat=24.0295324&lon=85.4574537&z=16&l=0&m=a&v=2 Wikimapia
2. "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". Jharkhand – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
3. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
4. "Excellence tag for BSF training centre". The Telegraph, 13 September 2009. Retrieved 2010-04-17.

External links

• About Meru