# Mellidara Village, Namchi, South District (Sikkim)

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Village · Namchi, South District 

# Mellidara

Mellidara is a village in Namchi sub-district of South District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **1,670 people in 338 households**, the 6th largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.5%.

- 1,670people (2011)
- 338households
- 79.1%literacy
- 1,049females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mellidara

Of every 100 households in Mellidara in 2011, 92 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 27 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Mellidara · ■ Namchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**15%

Tap water ****97%**

**90%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****27%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****72%**

**70%

Use banking services ****46%**

**60%

Television ****44%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**5%

None of these assets ****20%**

**23%

Own their home ****81%**

**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 Mellidara?

■ Mellidara · ■ Namchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.1%**

**81.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1049**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1171**

**975

Working population ****39.3%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.5% for men and 74.9% for women. 51% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 45 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 247 (38%) · **■** Marginal 358 (55%)

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

- Namphing2,522 people
- Chisopani2,172 people
- Tarku1,856 people
- Poklok1,768 people
- Parbing1,617 people
- Kamrang1,440 people
- Mamring1,421 people
- Temi Tea Estate1,323 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mellidara?1,670 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mellidara in?South District district (Namchi sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Mellidara?79.1% (Census 2011)