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Mela Population - Bharuch, Gujarat

Mela is a medium size village located in Valia Taluka of Bharuch district, Gujarat with total 294 families residing. The Mela village has population of 1277 of which 666 are males while 611 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mela village population of children with age 0-6 is 140 which makes up 10.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mela village is 917 which is lower than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Mela as per census is 818, lower than Gujarat average of 890.

Mela village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Mela village was 71.77 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Mela Male literacy stands at 79.80 % while female literacy rate was 63.14 %.

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

Mela Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 294 - -
Population 1,277 666 611
Child (0-6) 140 77 63
Schedule Caste 2 1 1
Schedule Tribe 878 463 415
Literacy 71.77 % 79.80 % 63.14 %
Total Workers 643 449 194
Main Worker 622 - -
Marginal Worker 21 12 9

Caste Factor

In Mela village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 68.75 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.16 % of total population in Mela village.

Work Profile

In Mela village out of total population, 643 were engaged in work activities. 96.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 643 workers engaged in Main Work, 98 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 487 were Agricultural labourer.