Melpattu Population - Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu

Melpattu is a medium size village located in Chengam Taluka of Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu with total 82 families residing. The Melpattu village has population of 321 of which 173 are males while 148 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melpattu village population of children with age 0-6 is 31 which makes up 9.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melpattu village is 855 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melpattu as per census is 476, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melpattu village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melpattu village was 62.76 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melpattu Male literacy stands at 74.34 % while female literacy rate was 50.00 %.

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

Melpattu Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	82	-	-
Population	321	173	148
Child (0-6)	31	21	10
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	320	172	148
Literacy	62.76 %	74.34 %	50.00 %
Total Workers	181	96	85
Main Worker	69	-	-
Marginal Worker	112	53	59

Caste Factor

In Melpattu village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.69 % of total population in Melpattu village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Melpattu village of Tiruvannamalai.

Work Profile

In Melpattu village out of total population, 181 were engaged in work activities. 38.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 181 workers engaged in Main Work, 57 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.