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Melana Population - Bhavnagar, Gujarat

Melana is a medium size village located in Vallabhipur Taluka of Bhavnagar district, Gujarat with total 190 families residing. The Melana village has population of 1140 of which 592 are males while 548 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melana village population of children with age 0-6 is 124 which makes up 10.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melana village is 926 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Melana as per census is 610, lower than Gujarat average of 890.

Melana village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Melana village was 72.93 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Melana Male literacy stands at 82.33 % while female literacy rate was 63.27 %.

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

Melana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 190 - -
Population 1,140 592 548
Child (0-6) 124 77 47
Schedule Caste 112 62 50
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.93 % 82.33 % 63.27 %
Total Workers 443 351 92
Main Worker 366 - -
Marginal Worker 77 7 70

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.82 % of total population in Melana village. The village Melana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Melana village out of total population, 443 were engaged in work activities. 82.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 443 workers engaged in Main Work, 121 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 42 were Agricultural labourer.