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Melakottai Population - Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Melakottai is a large village located in Thirumangalam Taluka of Madurai district, Tamil Nadu with total 1376 families residing. The Melakottai village has population of 5156 of which 2564 are males while 2592 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melakottai village population of children with age 0-6 is 515 which makes up 9.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melakottai village is 1011 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melakottai as per census is 1020, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melakottai village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melakottai village was 82.96 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melakottai Male literacy stands at 91.81 % while female literacy rate was 74.19 %.

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 1,376 - -
Population 5,156 2,564 2,592
Child (0-6) 515 255 260
Schedule Caste 1,943 972 971
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.96 % 91.81 % 74.19 %
Total Workers 2,545 1,526 1,019
Main Worker 1,915 - -
Marginal Worker 630 286 344

Caste Factor

In Melakottai village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.68 % 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, 2545 were engaged in work activities. 75.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2545 workers engaged in Main Work, 103 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 557 were Agricultural labourer.