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Melkunda Population - Gulbarga, Karnataka

Melkunda is a medium size village located in Gulbarga Taluka of Gulbarga district, Karnataka with total 309 families residing. The Melkunda village has population of 1821 of which 932 are males while 889 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melkunda village population of children with age 0-6 is 310 which makes up 17.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melkunda village is 954 which is lower than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Melkunda as per census is 845, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Melkunda village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Melkunda village was 59.89 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Melkunda Male literacy stands at 72.77 % while female literacy rate was 46.72 %.

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

Melkunda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 309 - -
Population 1,821 932 889
Child (0-6) 310 168 142
Schedule Caste 329 173 156
Schedule Tribe 4 1 3
Literacy 59.89 % 72.77 % 46.72 %
Total Workers 779 485 294
Main Worker 739 - -
Marginal Worker 40 18 22

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.07 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.22 % of total population in Melkunda village.

Work Profile

In Melkunda village out of total population, 779 were engaged in work activities. 94.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 779 workers engaged in Main Work, 144 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 406 were Agricultural labourer.