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Melachua Population - Rayagada, Orissa

Melachua is a small village located in Ambadala Block of Rayagada district, Orissa with total 35 families residing. The Melachua village has population of 146 of which 68 are males while 78 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melachua village population of children with age 0-6 is 22 which makes up 15.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melachua village is 1147 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Melachua as per census is 833, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Melachua village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Melachua village was 0.00 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Melachua Male literacy stands at 0.00 % while female literacy rate was 0.00 %.

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

Melachua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 35 - -
Population 146 68 78
Child (0-6) 22 12 10
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 100 51 49
Literacy 0.00 % 0.00 % 0.00 %
Total Workers 42 32 10
Main Worker 40 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

In Melachua village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 68.49 % of total population in Melachua village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Melachua village of Rayagada.

Work Profile

In Melachua village out of total population, 42 were engaged in work activities. 95.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 42 workers engaged in Main Work, 38 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.