It is located northeast of the municipal seat of Barajevo. It is a rural settlement and thanks to its location on the Ibarska magistrala (Highway of Ibar), one of the fastest growing in the municipality. It grew from a population of 1,307 (Census 1991) to 1,772 (Census 2002), with an average annual growth of 2.8%.
Meljak was part of the municipality of Umka which was abolished in 1960 and divided between the municipalities of Čukarica and Barajevo (Meljak and Vranić).
Demographics
year
population
1981
1065
1991
1307
2002
1772
2011
2208
Meljak's population
References
^"Насеља општине Барајево"(PDF). stat.gov.rs (in Serbian). Statistical Office of Serbia. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
^"Мељак (Барајево)". Vikipedija, Slobodna Enciklopedija (in Serbian (Latin script)). 2017-10-15.
