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Melan Population - Jamnagar, Gujarat

Melan is a medium size village located in Jamjodhpur Taluka of Jamnagar district, Gujarat with total 264 families residing. The Melan village has population of 1497 of which 785 are males while 712 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melan village population of children with age 0-6 is 224 which makes up 14.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melan village is 907 which is lower than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Melan as per census is 965, higher than Gujarat average of 890.

Melan village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Melan village was 65.28 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Melan Male literacy stands at 73.92 % while female literacy rate was 55.65 %.

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

Melan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 264 - -
Population 1,497 785 712
Child (0-6) 224 114 110
Schedule Caste 80 43 37
Schedule Tribe 418 216 202
Literacy 65.28 % 73.92 % 55.65 %
Total Workers 790 496 294
Main Worker 716 - -
Marginal Worker 74 8 66

Caste Factor

Melan village of Jamnagar has substantial population of Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 27.92 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 5.34 % of total population in Melan village.

Work Profile

In Melan village out of total population, 790 were engaged in work activities. 90.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 790 workers engaged in Main Work, 263 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 423 were Agricultural labourer.