Meliaching Population - West Sikkim, Sikkim

Meliaching is a medium size village located in Gyalshing Sub Division of West Sikkim district, Sikkim with total 137 families residing. The Meliaching village has population of 666 of which 323 are males while 343 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meliaching village population of children with age 0-6 is 106 which makes up 15.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meliaching village is 1062 which is higher than Sikkim state average of 890. Child Sex Ratio for the Meliaching as per census is 1120, higher than Sikkim average of 957.

Meliaching village has lower literacy rate compared to Sikkim. In 2011, literacy rate of Meliaching village was 60.89 % compared to 81.42 % of Sikkim. In Meliaching Male literacy stands at 63.37 % while female literacy rate was 58.54 %.

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

Meliaching Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	137	-	-
Population	666	323	343
Child (0-6)	106	50	56
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	308	161	147
Literacy	60.89 %	63.37 %	58.54 %
Total Workers	461	232	229
Main Worker	361	-	-
Marginal Worker	100	44	56

Caste Factor

In Meliaching village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 46.25 % of total population in Meliaching village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Meliaching village of West Sikkim.

Work Profile

In Meliaching village out of total population, 461 were engaged in work activities. 78.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 461 workers engaged in Main Work, 329 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.