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Mel palur Population - Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu

Mel palur is a large village located in Polur Taluka of Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu with total 518 families residing. The Mel palur village has population of 2178 of which 1100 are males while 1078 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mel palur village population of children with age 0-6 is 281 which makes up 12.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mel palur village is 980 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Mel palur as per census is 886, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Mel palur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Mel palur village was 68.27 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Mel palur Male literacy stands at 78.86 % while female literacy rate was 57.61 %.

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

Mel palur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 518 - -
Population 2,178 1,100 1,078
Child (0-6) 281 149 132
Schedule Caste 793 406 387
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.27 % 78.86 % 57.61 %
Total Workers 1,236 657 579
Main Worker 561 - -
Marginal Worker 675 305 370

Caste Factor

In Mel palur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.41 % of total population in Mel palur village. The village Mel palur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mel palur village out of total population, 1236 were engaged in work activities. 45.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1236 workers engaged in Main Work, 128 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 349 were Agricultural labourer.