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Melakuyilkudi Population - Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Melakuyilkudi is a medium size village located in Madurai South Taluka of Madurai district, Tamil Nadu with total 486 families residing. The Melakuyilkudi village has population of 1920 of which 995 are males while 925 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melakuyilkudi village population of children with age 0-6 is 180 which makes up 9.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melakuyilkudi village is 930 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melakuyilkudi as per census is 1000, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melakuyilkudi village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melakuyilkudi village was 77.76 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melakuyilkudi Male literacy stands at 85.08 % while female literacy rate was 69.82 %.

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

Melakuyilkudi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 486 - -
Population 1,920 995 925
Child (0-6) 180 90 90
Schedule Caste 326 159 167
Schedule Tribe 3 3 0
Literacy 77.76 % 85.08 % 69.82 %
Total Workers 936 580 356
Main Worker 731 - -
Marginal Worker 205 51 154

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.98 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.16 % of total population in Melakuyilkudi village.

Work Profile

In Melakuyilkudi village out of total population, 936 were engaged in work activities. 78.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 936 workers engaged in Main Work, 100 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 133 were Agricultural labourer.