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Melige Population - Shimoga, Karnataka

Melige is a medium size village located in Tirthahalli Taluka of Shimoga district, Karnataka with total 214 families residing. The Melige village has population of 882 of which 420 are males while 462 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melige village population of children with age 0-6 is 56 which makes up 6.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melige village is 1100 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Melige as per census is 867, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Melige village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Melige village was 87.65 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Melige Male literacy stands at 92.82 % while female literacy rate was 83.03 %.

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

Melige Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 214 - -
Population 882 420 462
Child (0-6) 56 30 26
Schedule Caste 162 76 86
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.65 % 92.82 % 83.03 %
Total Workers 447 296 151
Main Worker 420 - -
Marginal Worker 27 15 12

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.37 % of total population in Melige village. The village Melige currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Melige village out of total population, 447 were engaged in work activities. 93.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 447 workers engaged in Main Work, 38 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 83 were Agricultural labourer.