Melnica (Macedonian: Мелница, Albanian: Melnicë) is a village in the municipality of Čaška, North Macedonia.

The ancestors of Melnica inhabitants were Mijaks who converted to Islam during the 16th century and migrated from the Mala Reka region in the Debar area at the end of the 17th until the 19th centuries to central Macedonia establishing villages such as Melnica.

[1][2] In the 20th century, migration occurred by Melnica inhabitants to Turkey in particular to the city Akhisar with a few other families going to Bursa, Ankara and Edirne.

[3] In his 1927 map of Macedonia, German explorer Leonhard Schultze-Jena shows Melnica as Muslim Bulgarian.

[1][2] Though most Torbeš are Sunni, in Melnica followers of Sufi Islam are present attached to various Sufi orders such as the Melami, Halveti and Bektashi.