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Melur Population - Vellore, Tamil Nadu

Melur is a medium size village located in Katpadi Taluka of Vellore district, Tamil Nadu with total 104 families residing. The Melur village has population of 436 of which 212 are males while 224 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melur village population of children with age 0-6 is 36 which makes up 8.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melur village is 1057 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melur as per census is 800, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melur village was 71.25 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melur Male literacy stands at 80.73 % while female literacy rate was 62.50 %.

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

Melur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 104 - -
Population 436 212 224
Child (0-6) 36 20 16
Schedule Caste 20 11 9
Schedule Tribe 5 3 2
Literacy 71.25 % 80.73 % 62.50 %
Total Workers 222 146 76
Main Worker 118 - -
Marginal Worker 104 45 59

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.59 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.15 % of total population in Melur village.

Work Profile

In Melur village out of total population, 222 were engaged in work activities. 53.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 222 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.