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Melapattu Population - Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu

Melapattu is a large village located in Sankarapuram Taluka of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 492 families residing. The Melapattu village has population of 2041 of which 1036 are males while 1005 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melapattu village population of children with age 0-6 is 224 which makes up 10.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melapattu village is 970 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melapattu as per census is 1018, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melapattu village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melapattu village was 68.19 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melapattu Male literacy stands at 76.43 % while female literacy rate was 59.64 %.

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

Melapattu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 492 - -
Population 2,041 1,036 1,005
Child (0-6) 224 111 113
Schedule Caste 744 375 369
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.19 % 76.43 % 59.64 %
Total Workers 1,158 666 492
Main Worker 547 - -
Marginal Worker 611 232 379

Caste Factor

In Melapattu village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.45 % of total population in Melapattu village. The village Melapattu currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Melapattu village out of total population, 1158 were engaged in work activities. 47.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1158 workers engaged in Main Work, 173 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 318 were Agricultural labourer.