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Melagalangam Population - Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu

Melagalangam is a medium size village located in Kuthalam Taluka of Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu with total 250 families residing. The Melagalangam village has population of 970 of which 509 are males while 461 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melagalangam village population of children with age 0-6 is 101 which makes up 10.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melagalangam village is 906 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melagalangam as per census is 980, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melagalangam village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melagalangam village was 80.90 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melagalangam Male literacy stands at 89.30 % while female literacy rate was 71.53 %.

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

Melagalangam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 250 - -
Population 970 509 461
Child (0-6) 101 51 50
Schedule Caste 165 83 82
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.90 % 89.30 % 71.53 %
Total Workers 484 298 186
Main Worker 440 - -
Marginal Worker 44 5 39

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.01 % of total population in Melagalangam village. The village Melagalangam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Melagalangam village out of total population, 484 were engaged in work activities. 90.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 484 workers engaged in Main Work, 43 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 315 were Agricultural labourer.