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Melaj Population - Ahmadabad, Gujarat

Melaj is a medium size village located in Viramgam Taluka of Ahmadabad district, Gujarat with total 295 families residing. The Melaj village has population of 1634 of which 845 are males while 789 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melaj village population of children with age 0-6 is 216 which makes up 13.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melaj village is 934 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Melaj as per census is 815, lower than Gujarat average of 890.

Melaj village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Melaj village was 69.18 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Melaj Male literacy stands at 79.48 % while female literacy rate was 58.38 %.

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

Melaj Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 295 - -
Population 1,634 845 789
Child (0-6) 216 119 97
Schedule Caste 679 355 324
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.18 % 79.48 % 58.38 %
Total Workers 797 480 317
Main Worker 359 - -
Marginal Worker 438 154 284

Caste Factor

In Melaj village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 41.55 % of total population in Melaj village. The village Melaj currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Melaj village out of total population, 797 were engaged in work activities. 45.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 797 workers engaged in Main Work, 62 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 254 were Agricultural labourer.