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Melayur Population - Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu

Melayur is a medium size village located in Ilayangudi Taluka of Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu with total 471 families residing. The Melayur village has population of 1869 of which 948 are males while 921 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melayur village population of children with age 0-6 is 184 which makes up 9.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melayur village is 972 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melayur as per census is 1000, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melayur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melayur village was 63.92 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melayur Male literacy stands at 74.53 % while female literacy rate was 52.96 %.

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

Melayur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 471 - -
Population 1,869 948 921
Child (0-6) 184 92 92
Schedule Caste 241 125 116
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 63.92 % 74.53 % 52.96 %
Total Workers 1,078 602 476
Main Worker 602 - -
Marginal Worker 476 268 208

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.89 % of total population in Melayur village. The village Melayur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Melayur village out of total population, 1078 were engaged in work activities. 55.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1078 workers engaged in Main Work, 507 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.