Melaiyur Population - Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu

Melaiyur is a medium size village located in Aruppukkottai Taluka of Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu with total 350 families residing. The Melaiyur village has population of 1420 of which 704 are males while 716 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melaiyur village population of children with age 0-6 is 158 which makes up 11.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melaiyur village is 1017 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melaiyur as per census is 1079, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melaiyur village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melaiyur village was 80.90 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melaiyur Male literacy stands at 87.90 % while female literacy rate was 73.97 %.

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

Melaiyur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	350	-	-
Population	1,420	704	716
Child (0-6)	158	76	82
Schedule Caste	544	288	256
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	80.90 %	87.90 %	73.97 %
Total Workers	761	398	363
Main Worker	319	-	-
Marginal Worker	442	226	216

Caste Factor

In Melaiyur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 38.31 % of total population in Melaiyur village. The village Melaiyur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Melaiyur village out of total population, 761 were engaged in work activities. 41.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 761 workers engaged in Main Work, 92 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 88 were Agricultural labourer.