# Melanpur Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Melanpur

Melanpur is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **922 people in 251 households**, the 72nd largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 922people (2011)
- 251households
- 69.8%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Melanpur

Of every 100 households in Melanpur in 2011, 38 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 1 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Melanpur · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**85%

Use banking services ****26%**

**57%

Television ****1%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****1%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****67%**

**33%

Own their home ****60%**

**95%

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 Melanpur?

■ Melanpur · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.8%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****815**

**961

Working population ****34.3%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.3% for men and 62.1% for women. 61% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 31 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 200 (63%) · **■** Other work 24 (8%) · **■** Marginal 61 (19%)

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 Sainthia

- Monai954 people
- Uttar Gobindapur954 people
- Kanduri941 people
- Panrui923 people
- Barkenda920 people
- Uttar Khayerbuni918 people
- Dhabajal894 people
- Nirisha858 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Melanpur?922 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Melanpur in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Melanpur?69.8% (Census 2011)