# Melahait Village, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Melahait

Melahait is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **906 people in 229 households**, the 79th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 906people (2011)
- 229households
- 90.0%literacy
- 880females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Melahait

Of every 100 households in Melahait in 2011, 78 had electricity, 59 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Melahait · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****59%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**20%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**91%

Use banking services ****42%**

**45%

Television ****42%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**20%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Melahait?

■ Melahait · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.0%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****880**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****875**

**972

Working population ****35.0%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.0% for men and 85.3% for women. 60% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 47 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 36 (11%) · **■** Household industry 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 100 (32%) · **■** Marginal 127 (40%)

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 Tamluk

- Barkalu1,049 people
- Narsingkalua1,048 people
- Damodarpur987 people
- Barmirjapur950 people
- Ramkalua902 people
- Panchpukhuria874 people
- Nijjote Garupota857 people
- Pipulberya849 people

[All 99 villages in Tamluk](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/tamluk/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Melahait?906 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Melahait in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Melahait?90.0% (Census 2011)