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Melendal Population - Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu

Melendal is a large village located in Tirukkoyilur Taluka of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 642 families residing. The Melendal village has population of 2833 of which 1404 are males while 1429 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melendal village population of children with age 0-6 is 387 which makes up 13.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melendal village is 1018 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melendal as per census is 955, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melendal village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melendal village was 58.22 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melendal Male literacy stands at 66.25 % while female literacy rate was 50.40 %.

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

Melendal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 642 - -
Population 2,833 1,404 1,429
Child (0-6) 387 198 189
Schedule Caste 862 437 425
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.22 % 66.25 % 50.40 %
Total Workers 1,353 813 540
Main Worker 1,153 - -
Marginal Worker 200 105 95

Caste Factor

Melendal village of Viluppuram has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.43 % of total population in Melendal village. The village Melendal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Melendal village out of total population, 1353 were engaged in work activities. 85.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1353 workers engaged in Main Work, 312 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 555 were Agricultural labourer.