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Melamathur Population - Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Melamathur is a medium size village located in Madurai South Taluka of Madurai district, Tamil Nadu with total 414 families residing. The Melamathur village has population of 1539 of which 795 are males while 744 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melamathur village population of children with age 0-6 is 172 which makes up 11.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melamathur village is 936 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melamathur as per census is 933, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melamathur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melamathur village was 72.42 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melamathur Male literacy stands at 80.17 % while female literacy rate was 64.15 %.

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

Melamathur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 414 - -
Population 1,539 795 744
Child (0-6) 172 89 83
Schedule Caste 585 299 286
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.42 % 80.17 % 64.15 %
Total Workers 723 465 258
Main Worker 632 - -
Marginal Worker 91 21 70

Caste Factor

In Melamathur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 38.01 % of total population in Melamathur village. The village Melamathur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Melamathur village out of total population, 723 were engaged in work activities. 87.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 723 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 303 were Agricultural labourer.