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Melpacheri Population - Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu

Melpacheri is a medium size village located in Sankarapuram Taluka of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 237 families residing. The Melpacheri village has population of 1038 of which 541 are males while 497 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melpacheri village population of children with age 0-6 is 156 which makes up 15.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melpacheri village is 919 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melpacheri as per census is 1026, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melpacheri village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melpacheri village was 22.22 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melpacheri Male literacy stands at 25.86 % while female literacy rate was 18.18 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Melpacheri village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Melpacheri village.

Melpacheri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 237 - -
Population 1,038 541 497
Child (0-6) 156 77 79
Schedule Caste 2 0 2
Schedule Tribe 1,027 541 486
Literacy 22.22 % 25.86 % 18.18 %
Total Workers 669 346 323
Main Worker 639 - -
Marginal Worker 30 20 10

Caste Factor

In Melpacheri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.94 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.19 % of total population in Melpacheri village.

Work Profile

In Melpacheri village out of total population, 669 were engaged in work activities. 95.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 669 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 618 were Agricultural labourer.