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Melda Population - Gaya, Bihar

Melda is a medium size village located in Tikari Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 99 families residing. The Melda village has population of 726 of which 367 are males while 359 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melda village population of children with age 0-6 is 144 which makes up 19.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melda village is 978 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Melda as per census is 1087, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Melda village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Melda village was 53.61 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Melda Male literacy stands at 73.83 % while female literacy rate was 32.39 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Melda village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Melda village.

Melda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 99 - -
Population 726 367 359
Child (0-6) 144 69 75
Schedule Caste 124 59 65
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 53.61 % 73.83 % 32.39 %
Total Workers 370 183 187
Main Worker 358 - -
Marginal Worker 12 3 9

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.08 % of total population in Melda village. The village Melda currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Melda village out of total population, 370 were engaged in work activities. 96.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 370 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 320 were Agricultural labourer.