# Meliani Village, Beldanga - I, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Beldanga - I, Murshidabad 

# Meliani

Meliani is a village in Beldanga - I sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,567 people in 338 households**, the 43rd largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.9%.

- 1,567people (2011)
- 338households
- 62.3%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meliani

Of every 100 households in Meliani in 2011, 26 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Meliani · ■ Beldanga - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**46%

Tap water ****45%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**54%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**92%

Use banking services ****11%**

**21%

Television ****13%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**29%

Own their home ****59%**

**96%

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 Meliani?

■ Meliani · ■ Beldanga - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.3%**

**69.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****796**

**974

Working population ****43.5%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.1% for men and 62.6% for women. 54% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 31 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 83 (12%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 303 (44%) · **■** Marginal 257 (38%)

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 Beldanga - I

- Shankarpara1,657 people
- Mahishasthali1,599 people
- Srikrishnapur1,588 people
- Sattarpur1,581 people
- Chaitanyapur1,549 people
- Palaighata1,430 people
- Binkar1,293 people
- Jafrabad1,051 people

[All 65 villages in Beldanga - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/beldanga-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Meliani?1,567 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meliani in?Murshidabad district (Beldanga - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Meliani?62.3% (Census 2011)