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Melakalakudi Population - Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu

Melakalakudi is a medium size village located in Papanasam Taluka of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu with total 244 families residing. The Melakalakudi village has population of 996 of which 529 are males while 467 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melakalakudi village population of children with age 0-6 is 95 which makes up 9.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melakalakudi village is 883 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melakalakudi as per census is 1159, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melakalakudi village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melakalakudi village was 89.79 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melakalakudi Male literacy stands at 93.61 % while female literacy rate was 85.34 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Melakalakudi 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 Melakalakudi village.

Melakalakudi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 244 - -
Population 996 529 467
Child (0-6) 95 44 51
Schedule Caste 592 324 268
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.79 % 93.61 % 85.34 %
Total Workers 432 332 100
Main Worker 430 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

In Melakalakudi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 59.44 % of total population in Melakalakudi village. The village Melakalakudi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Melakalakudi village out of total population, 432 were engaged in work activities. 99.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 432 workers engaged in Main Work, 52 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 300 were Agricultural labourer.