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Meloj Population - Patan, Gujarat

Meloj is a large village located in Sidhpur Taluka of Patan district, Gujarat with total 739 families residing. The Meloj village has population of 3740 of which 1941 are males while 1799 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meloj village population of children with age 0-6 is 506 which makes up 13.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meloj village is 927 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Meloj as per census is 924, higher than Gujarat average of 890.

Meloj village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Meloj village was 68.71 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Meloj Male literacy stands at 79.56 % while female literacy rate was 57.01 %.

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

Meloj Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 739 - -
Population 3,740 1,941 1,799
Child (0-6) 506 263 243
Schedule Caste 670 346 324
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.71 % 79.56 % 57.01 %
Total Workers 1,190 1,028 162
Main Worker 1,100 - -
Marginal Worker 90 48 42

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.91 % of total population in Meloj village. The village Meloj currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Meloj village out of total population, 1190 were engaged in work activities. 92.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1190 workers engaged in Main Work, 315 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 478 were Agricultural labourer.