Melan (37)

Narkanda block · Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh · PIN 172031 · village code 23925

Population 2011

835

Census of India

Population 2020

1,056

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+26.5%

221 people · 2.6% a year

Households

292

+22.2% vs 239 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

835

Male / female

410 / 425

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,037

Children aged 0–6

Literacy rate

78.6%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

380 / 0

Working population

468

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

87.2%

Households

239

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport nearest 2 km away

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre nearest 2 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Common service centre

No CSC

The village primary school

These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.

Students

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

280

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

96%

Net sown area

37 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

0 / 0 / 37

Main irrigation source

Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Mailon panchayat, Narkanda zila parishad. These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.

Opening balance

₹6.67 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹5.64 lakh

Received directly

₹1.60 lakh

Spent

₹3.77 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹10.14 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹1.30 lakh · received ₹2.33 lakh · spent ₹90,060 · left ₹3.53 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹5.37 lakh · received ₹3.31 lakh · spent ₹2.87 lakh · left ₹6.61 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

31.2973, 77.5138 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Shimla district · School staffing across Shimla · …and across Himachal Pradesh