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Melwa Population - Jodhpur, Rajasthan

Melwa is a medium size village located in Luni Tehsil of Jodhpur district, Rajasthan with total 225 families residing. The Melwa village has population of 1350 of which 698 are males while 652 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 233 which makes up 17.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melwa village is 934 which is higher than Rajasthan state average of 928. Child Sex Ratio for the Melwa as per census is 910, higher than Rajasthan average of 888.

Melwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Rajasthan. In 2011, literacy rate of Melwa village was 54.34 % compared to 66.11 % of Rajasthan. In Melwa Male literacy stands at 68.40 % while female literacy rate was 39.37 %.

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

Melwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 225 - -
Population 1,350 698 652
Child (0-6) 233 122 111
Schedule Caste 246 119 127
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 54.34 % 68.40 % 39.37 %
Total Workers 625 343 282
Main Worker 236 - -
Marginal Worker 389 141 248

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.22 % of total population in Melwa village. The village Melwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Melwa village out of total population, 625 were engaged in work activities. 37.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 62.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 625 workers engaged in Main Work, 211 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.