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Melamba Population - Nayagarh, Orissa

Melamba is a medium size village located in Itamati Block of Nayagarh district, Orissa with total 225 families residing. The Melamba village has population of 916 of which 473 are males while 443 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melamba village population of children with age 0-6 is 95 which makes up 10.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melamba village is 937 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Melamba as per census is 1021, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Melamba village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Melamba village was 85.63 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Melamba Male literacy stands at 94.37 % while female literacy rate was 76.20 %.

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

Melamba Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 225 - -
Population 916 473 443
Child (0-6) 95 47 48
Schedule Caste 38 19 19
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.63 % 94.37 % 76.20 %
Total Workers 382 273 109
Main Worker 361 - -
Marginal Worker 21 15 6

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.15 % of total population in Melamba village. The village Melamba currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Melamba village out of total population, 382 were engaged in work activities. 94.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 382 workers engaged in Main Work, 171 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 81 were Agricultural labourer.