Melgandi Population - Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Melgandi is a small village located in Bandgaon Block of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 29 families residing. The Melgandi village has population of 186 of which 95 are males while 91 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melgandi village population of children with age 0-6 is 18 which makes up 9.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melgandi village is 958 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Melgandi as per census is 1000, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Melgandi village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Melgandi village was 74.40 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Melgandi Male literacy stands at 83.72 % while female literacy rate was 64.63 %.

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

Melgandi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	29	-	-
Population	186	95	91
Child (0-6)	18	9	9
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	186	95	91
Literacy	74.40 %	83.72 %	64.63 %
Total Workers	116	65	51
Main Worker	2	-	-
Marginal Worker	114	64	50

Caste Factor

In Melgandi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Melgandi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Melgandi village of Pashchimi Singhbhum.

Work Profile

In Melgandi village out of total population, 116 were engaged in work activities. 1.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 98.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 116 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.