# Melli Forest Block Village, Namchi, South District (Sikkim)

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Village · Namchi, South District 

# Melli Forest Block

Melli Forest Block is a village in Namchi sub-district of South District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **77 people in 14 households**, the 93rd largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.5%.

- 77people (2011)
- 14households
- 70.0%literacy
- 711females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Melli Forest Block

Of every 100 households in Melli Forest Block in 2011, 100 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Melli Forest Block · ■ Namchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**15%

Tap water ****100%**

**90%

Drinking water within premises ****100%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**70%

Use banking services ****100%**

**60%

Television ****79%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**5%

None of these assets ****14%**

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**79%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Melli Forest Block?

■ Melli Forest Block · ■ Namchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.0%**

**81.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****711**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****167**

**975

Working population ****42.9%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.5% for men and 58.1% for women. 36% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 2 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (3%) · **■** Other work 2 (6%) · **■** Marginal 28 (85%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Namchi

- Manpur227 people
- Palum204 people
- Shyampani203 people
- Pajer181 people
- Mamring Forest Block32 people

[All 98 villages in Namchi](https://wherepedia.org/india/sikkim/south-district/namchi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Melli Forest Block?77 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Melli Forest Block in?South District district (Namchi sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Melli Forest Block?70.0% (Census 2011)