Melur Population - Salem, Tamil Nadu

Melur is a medium size village located in Yercaud Taluka of Salem district, Tamil Nadu with total 148 families residing. The Melur village has population of 556 of which 275 are males while 281 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melur village population of children with age 0-6 is 72 which makes up 12.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melur village is 1022 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melur as per census is 674, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melur village was 57.64 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melur Male literacy stands at 67.24 % while female literacy rate was 48.81 %.

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

Melur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	148	-	-
Population	556	275	281
Child (0-6)	72	43	29
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	550	273	277
Literacy	57.64 %	67.24 %	48.81 %
Total Workers	360	186	174
Main Worker	358	-	-
Marginal Worker	2	1	1

Caste Factor

In Melur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.92 % of total population in Melur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Melur village of Salem.

Work Profile

In Melur village out of total population, 360 were engaged in work activities. 99.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 360 workers engaged in Main Work, 28 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 48 were Agricultural labourer.