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Melathuraiyur Population - Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu

Melathuraiyur is a medium size village located in Ilayangudi Taluka of Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu with total 444 families residing. The Melathuraiyur village has population of 1757 of which 884 are males while 873 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melathuraiyur village population of children with age 0-6 is 177 which makes up 10.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melathuraiyur village is 988 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melathuraiyur as per census is 989, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melathuraiyur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melathuraiyur village was 70.82 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melathuraiyur Male literacy stands at 83.02 % while female literacy rate was 58.47 %.

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

Melathuraiyur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 444 - -
Population 1,757 884 873
Child (0-6) 177 89 88
Schedule Caste 634 329 305
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.82 % 83.02 % 58.47 %
Total Workers 891 541 350
Main Worker 381 - -
Marginal Worker 510 249 261

Caste Factor

In Melathuraiyur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.08 % of total population in Melathuraiyur village. The village Melathuraiyur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Melathuraiyur village out of total population, 891 were engaged in work activities. 42.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 891 workers engaged in Main Work, 117 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 106 were Agricultural labourer.