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Melakottai Population - Dindigul, Tamil Nadu

Melakottai is a medium size village located in Palani Taluka of Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu with total 391 families residing. The Melakottai village has population of 1309 of which 653 are males while 656 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melakottai village population of children with age 0-6 is 96 which makes up 7.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melakottai village is 1005 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melakottai as per census is 811, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melakottai village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melakottai village was 68.43 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melakottai Male literacy stands at 77.67 % while female literacy rate was 59.38 %.

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

Melakottai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 391 - -
Population 1,309 653 656
Child (0-6) 96 53 43
Schedule Caste 308 153 155
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.43 % 77.67 % 59.38 %
Total Workers 763 437 326
Main Worker 729 - -
Marginal Worker 34 15 19

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.53 % of total population in Melakottai village. The village Melakottai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Melakottai village out of total population, 763 were engaged in work activities. 95.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 763 workers engaged in Main Work, 301 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 327 were Agricultural labourer.