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Meltha Population - Chamoli, Uttarakhand

Meltha is a medium size village located in Tharali Tehsil of Chamoli district, Uttarakhand with total 68 families residing. The Meltha village has population of 330 of which 174 are males while 156 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meltha village population of children with age 0-6 is 49 which makes up 14.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meltha village is 897 which is lower than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Meltha as per census is 633, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Meltha village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Meltha village was 99.29 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Meltha Male literacy stands at 100.00 % while female literacy rate was 98.54 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Meltha 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 Meltha village.

Meltha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 68 - -
Population 330 174 156
Child (0-6) 49 30 19
Schedule Caste 82 42 40
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 99.29 % 100.00 % 98.54 %
Total Workers 177 87 90
Main Worker 10 - -
Marginal Worker 167 78 89

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.85 % of total population in Meltha village. The village Meltha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Meltha village out of total population, 177 were engaged in work activities. 5.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 94.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 177 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.