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Melera Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Melera is a large village located in Raipur Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 430 families residing. The Melera village has population of 2066 of which 1111 are males while 955 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melera village population of children with age 0-6 is 233 which makes up 11.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melera village is 860 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Melera as per census is 713, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Melera village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Melera village was 75.40 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Melera Male literacy stands at 83.90 % while female literacy rate was 65.73 %.

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

Melera Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 430 - -
Population 2,066 1,111 955
Child (0-6) 233 136 97
Schedule Caste 425 228 197
Schedule Tribe 43 24 19
Literacy 75.40 % 83.90 % 65.73 %
Total Workers 813 641 172
Main Worker 121 - -
Marginal Worker 692 544 148

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.57 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.08 % of total population in Melera village.

Work Profile

In Melera village out of total population, 813 were engaged in work activities. 14.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 85.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 813 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.