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Melwan Population - Rupnagar, Punjab

Melwan is a medium size village located in Nangal Tehsil of Rupnagar district, Punjab with total 230 families residing. The Melwan village has population of 1008 of which 513 are males while 495 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 109 which makes up 10.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melwan village is 965 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Melwan as per census is 787, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Melwan village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Melwan village was 81.20 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Melwan Male literacy stands at 91.81 % while female literacy rate was 70.47 %.

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

Melwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 230 - -
Population 1,008 513 495
Child (0-6) 109 61 48
Schedule Caste 116 60 56
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.20 % 91.81 % 70.47 %
Total Workers 344 240 104
Main Worker 173 - -
Marginal Worker 171 120 51

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.51 % of total population in Melwan village. The village Melwan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Melwan village out of total population, 344 were engaged in work activities. 50.29 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.71 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 344 workers engaged in Main Work, 34 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.