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Melkangeyankuppam Population - Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu

Melkangeyankuppam is a medium size village located in Panruti Taluka of Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu with total 450 families residing. The Melkangeyankuppam village has population of 1828 of which 940 are males while 888 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melkangeyankuppam village population of children with age 0-6 is 222 which makes up 12.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melkangeyankuppam village is 945 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melkangeyankuppam as per census is 965, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melkangeyankuppam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melkangeyankuppam village was 61.58 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melkangeyankuppam Male literacy stands at 73.40 % while female literacy rate was 49.04 %.

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

Melkangeyankuppam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 450 - -
Population 1,828 940 888
Child (0-6) 222 113 109
Schedule Caste 394 199 195
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.58 % 73.40 % 49.04 %
Total Workers 1,064 541 523
Main Worker 229 - -
Marginal Worker 835 325 510

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.55 % of total population in Melkangeyankuppam village. The village Melkangeyankuppam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Melkangeyankuppam village out of total population, 1064 were engaged in work activities. 21.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 78.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1064 workers engaged in Main Work, 46 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 73 were Agricultural labourer.