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Melaka Population - Jajapur, Orissa

Melaka is a medium size village located in Kuakhia Block of Jajapur district, Orissa with total 61 families residing. The Melaka village has population of 303 of which 158 are males while 145 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melaka village population of children with age 0-6 is 32 which makes up 10.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melaka village is 918 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Melaka as per census is 778, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Melaka village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Melaka village was 91.51 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Melaka Male literacy stands at 93.57 % while female literacy rate was 89.31 %.

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

Melaka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 61 - -
Population 303 158 145
Child (0-6) 32 18 14
Schedule Caste 20 14 6
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 91.51 % 93.57 % 89.31 %
Total Workers 69 66 3
Main Worker 37 - -
Marginal Worker 32 32 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.60 % of total population in Melaka village. The village Melaka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Melaka village out of total population, 69 were engaged in work activities. 53.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 69 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.