# Melera Village, Raipur, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Raipur, Bankura 

# Melera

Melera is a village in Raipur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,066 people in 430 households**, the 11th largest of 197 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 2,066people (2011)
- 430households
- 75.4%literacy
- 860females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Melera

Of every 100 households in Melera in 2011, 66 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Melera · ■ Raipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****93%**

**66%

Television ****24%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Melera?

■ Melera · ■ Raipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.4%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****860**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****713**

**930

Working population ****39.4%**

**46.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.9% for men and 65.7% for women. 58% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 11 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 106 (13%) · **■** Marginal 692 (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 Raipur

- Shyamsundarpur2,268 people
- Simli2,147 people
- Uparbanda2,142 people
- Maulasol2,135 people
- Dharampur2,034 people
- Satpatta1,890 people
- Dhanara1,832 people
- Sara1,785 people

[All 205 villages in Raipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/raipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Melera?2,066 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Melera in?Bankura district (Raipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Melera?75.4% (Census 2011)