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Melathur Population - Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu

Melathur is a medium size village located in Gingee Taluka of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 144 families residing. The Melathur village has population of 517 of which 267 are males while 250 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melathur village population of children with age 0-6 is 42 which makes up 8.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melathur village is 936 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melathur as per census is 826, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melathur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melathur village was 68.84 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melathur Male literacy stands at 82.38 % while female literacy rate was 54.55 %.

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

Melathur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 144 - -
Population 517 267 250
Child (0-6) 42 23 19
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.84 % 82.38 % 54.55 %
Total Workers 390 202 188
Main Worker 17 - -
Marginal Worker 373 189 184

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Melathur village of Viluppuram district.

Work Profile

In Melathur village out of total population, 390 were engaged in work activities. 4.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 95.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 390 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.