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Melkhet Population - Chamoli, Uttarakhand

Melkhet is a medium size village located in Tharali Tehsil of Chamoli district, Uttarakhand with total 78 families residing. The Melkhet village has population of 314 of which 150 are males while 164 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melkhet village population of children with age 0-6 is 40 which makes up 12.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melkhet village is 1093 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Melkhet as per census is 818, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Melkhet village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Melkhet village was 75.91 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Melkhet Male literacy stands at 90.63 % while female literacy rate was 63.01 %.

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

Melkhet Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 78 - -
Population 314 150 164
Child (0-6) 40 22 18
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.91 % 90.63 % 63.01 %
Total Workers 162 66 96
Main Worker 158 - -
Marginal Worker 4 3 1

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Melkhet village of Chamoli district.

Work Profile

In Melkhet village out of total population, 162 were engaged in work activities. 97.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 162 workers engaged in Main Work, 135 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.