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Melakidaram Population - Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu

Melakidaram is a large village located in Kadaladi Taluka of Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 816 families residing. The Melakidaram village has population of 3340 of which 1655 are males while 1685 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melakidaram village population of children with age 0-6 is 352 which makes up 10.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melakidaram village is 1018 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melakidaram as per census is 862, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melakidaram village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melakidaram village was 75.13 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melakidaram Male literacy stands at 83.97 % while female literacy rate was 66.62 %.

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

Melakidaram Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 816 - -
Population 3,340 1,655 1,685
Child (0-6) 352 189 163
Schedule Caste 373 187 186
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.13 % 83.97 % 66.62 %
Total Workers 1,700 963 737
Main Worker 1,050 - -
Marginal Worker 650 320 330

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.17 % of total population in Melakidaram village. The village Melakidaram currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Melakidaram village out of total population, 1700 were engaged in work activities. 61.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1700 workers engaged in Main Work, 236 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 198 were Agricultural labourer.