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Melumalai Population - Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu

Melumalai is a medium size village located in Hosur Taluka of Krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu with total 275 families residing. The Melumalai village has population of 1153 of which 581 are males while 572 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melumalai village population of children with age 0-6 is 160 which makes up 13.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melumalai village is 985 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melumalai as per census is 975, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melumalai village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melumalai village was 64.65 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melumalai Male literacy stands at 73.20 % while female literacy rate was 55.98 %.

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

Melumalai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 275 - -
Population 1,153 581 572
Child (0-6) 160 81 79
Schedule Caste 621 308 313
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 64.65 % 73.20 % 55.98 %
Total Workers 577 319 258
Main Worker 558 - -
Marginal Worker 19 6 13

Caste Factor

In Melumalai village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 53.86 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.09 % of total population in Melumalai village.

Work Profile

In Melumalai village out of total population, 577 were engaged in work activities. 96.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 577 workers engaged in Main Work, 151 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 106 were Agricultural labourer.