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Melpettai Population - Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu

Melpettai is a medium size village located in Tindivanam Taluka of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 205 families residing. The Melpettai village has population of 827 of which 400 are males while 427 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melpettai village population of children with age 0-6 is 79 which makes up 9.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melpettai village is 1068 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melpettai as per census is 795, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melpettai village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melpettai village was 86.50 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melpettai Male literacy stands at 93.26 % while female literacy rate was 80.36 %.

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

Melpettai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 205 - -
Population 827 400 427
Child (0-6) 79 44 35
Schedule Caste 541 267 274
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.50 % 93.26 % 80.36 %
Total Workers 430 230 200
Main Worker 407 - -
Marginal Worker 23 12 11

Caste Factor

In Melpettai village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 65.42 % of total population in Melpettai village. The village Melpettai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Melpettai village out of total population, 430 were engaged in work activities. 94.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 430 workers engaged in Main Work, 12 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 291 were Agricultural labourer.