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Melchhamunda Population - Bargarh, Orissa

Melchhamunda is a medium size village located in Melchhamunda Block of Bargarh district, Orissa with total 316 families residing. The Melchhamunda village has population of 1280 of which 642 are males while 638 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melchhamunda village population of children with age 0-6 is 125 which makes up 9.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melchhamunda village is 994 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Melchhamunda as per census is 1016, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Melchhamunda village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Melchhamunda village was 80.52 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Melchhamunda Male literacy stands at 88.97 % while female literacy rate was 72.00 %.

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

Melchhamunda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 316 - -
Population 1,280 642 638
Child (0-6) 125 62 63
Schedule Caste 213 108 105
Schedule Tribe 154 78 76
Literacy 80.52 % 88.97 % 72.00 %
Total Workers 809 415 394
Main Worker 352 - -
Marginal Worker 457 116 341

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.64 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 12.03 % of total population in Melchhamunda village.

Work Profile

In Melchhamunda village out of total population, 809 were engaged in work activities. 43.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 809 workers engaged in Main Work, 108 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 160 were Agricultural labourer.