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Mela Population - Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh

Mela is a medium size village located in Shahganj Tehsil of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh with total 299 families residing. The Mela village has population of 1835 of which 883 are males while 952 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mela village population of children with age 0-6 is 247 which makes up 13.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mela village is 1078 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Mela as per census is 1422, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Mela village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Mela village was 74.18 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Mela Male literacy stands at 88.22 % while female literacy rate was 60.59 %.

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

Mela Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 299 - -
Population 1,835 883 952
Child (0-6) 247 102 145
Schedule Caste 530 272 258
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.18 % 88.22 % 60.59 %
Total Workers 834 471 363
Main Worker 731 - -
Marginal Worker 103 46 57

Caste Factor

Mela village of Jaunpur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.88 % of total population in Mela village. The village Mela currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mela village out of total population, 834 were engaged in work activities. 87.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 834 workers engaged in Main Work, 96 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 515 were Agricultural labourer.