Melchuka Population - Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh

Melchuka is a medium size village located in Khaknar Tehsil of Burhanpur district, Madhya Pradesh with total 64 families residing. The Melchuka village has population of 300 of which 157 are males while 143 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melchuka village population of children with age 0-6 is 49 which makes up 16.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melchuka village is 911 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Melchuka as per census is 815, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Melchuka village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Melchuka village was 52.99 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Melchuka Male literacy stands at 66.92 % while female literacy rate was 38.02 %.

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

Melchuka Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	64	-	-
Population	300	157	143
Child (0-6)	49	27	22
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	270	138	132
Literacy	52.99 %	66.92 %	38.02 %
Total Workers	191	97	94
Main Worker	74	-	-
Marginal Worker	117	33	84

Caste Factor

In Melchuka village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 90.00 % of total population in Melchuka village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Melchuka village of Burhanpur.

Work Profile

In Melchuka village out of total population, 191 were engaged in work activities. 38.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 191 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 36 were Agricultural labourer.