Melli observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Sikkim.
By population, Melli ranks #1 of 20 villages in Jorethang mandal — the largest.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Melli is a village of 2,602 people in 615 households (Census 2011) in Jorethang block, Namchi district, Sikkim, the largest of 20 villages in Jorethang block. Literacy is 79%, 6 points above the block average of 73% and the sex ratio is 930 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 737128, served by Melli Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 261151. The village votes in Melli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nar Bahadur Pradhan. The population is estimated at 3,068 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mellidara Paiyong →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
Centred on Jorethang mandal
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