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Melekote Population - Tumkur, Karnataka

Melekote is a medium size village located in Sira Taluka of Tumkur district, Karnataka with total 292 families residing. The Melekote village has population of 1316 of which 675 are males while 641 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melekote village population of children with age 0-6 is 159 which makes up 12.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melekote village is 950 which is lower than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Melekote as per census is 828, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Melekote village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Melekote village was 68.28 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Melekote Male literacy stands at 78.91 % while female literacy rate was 57.29 %.

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

Melekote Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 292 - -
Population 1,316 675 641
Child (0-6) 159 87 72
Schedule Caste 315 164 151
Schedule Tribe 158 78 80
Literacy 68.28 % 78.91 % 57.29 %
Total Workers 860 434 426
Main Worker 853 - -
Marginal Worker 7 2 5

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.94 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 12.01 % of total population in Melekote village.

Work Profile

In Melekote village out of total population, 860 were engaged in work activities. 99.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 860 workers engaged in Main Work, 391 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 446 were Agricultural labourer.