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Megalathur Population - Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu

Megalathur is a medium size village located in Thiruvaiyaru Taluka of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu with total 283 families residing. The Megalathur village has population of 1059 of which 536 are males while 523 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Megalathur village population of children with age 0-6 is 119 which makes up 11.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Megalathur village is 976 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Megalathur as per census is 831, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Megalathur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Megalathur village was 77.45 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Megalathur Male literacy stands at 84.50 % while female literacy rate was 70.36 %.

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

Megalathur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 283 - -
Population 1,059 536 523
Child (0-6) 119 65 54
Schedule Caste 534 265 269
Schedule Tribe 20 12 8
Literacy 77.45 % 84.50 % 70.36 %
Total Workers 500 312 188
Main Worker 121 - -
Marginal Worker 379 222 157

Caste Factor

In Megalathur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.42 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.89 % of total population in Megalathur village.

Work Profile

In Megalathur village out of total population, 500 were engaged in work activities. 24.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 75.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 500 workers engaged in Main Work, 9 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.