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Where is Melwan?

Melwan is a village of Nangal tehsil in Rupnagar district, Punjab, in the Puadh region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Nangal, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Anandpur Sahib community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 038550, and it covers 62 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,008 people in Melwan: 513 men and 495 women, living in 230 households, an average of about 4.4 people per household. Spread over its 62 hectares, the population density works out to about 1,626 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 965 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 109, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 116 people, about 12 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 81.2 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 91.81 per cent and women at 70.47 per cent. The census recorded 344 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 173 main workers, the largest group, 118, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 34 cultivators on their own land and 11 agricultural labourers. A further 171 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Melwan's land. Of the village's 62 hectares, 52 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (52 hectares). About 10 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 73 cultivators and 39 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

For village facilities, the Census 2011 Village Directory is the fullest record available. Education in the village runs through one government primary school, one government middle school and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre. Treated tap water was available in the village. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Melwan is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Nangal, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Nangal, the tehsil headquarters, and Rupnagar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bhikhapur, Sehjowal, Sangatpur and Bainspur.

What is the population of Melwan?

The population of Melwan was 1,008 at the 2011 census, living in 230 households in Nangal tehsil of Rupnagar district.

What facilities does Melwan have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Melwan has government schools from primary to secondary school level and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.