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Mela Maruthur Population - Thoothukkudi, Tamil Nadu

Mela Maruthur is a medium size village located in Ottapidaram Taluka of Thoothukkudi district, Tamil Nadu with total 260 families residing. The Mela Maruthur village has population of 1005 of which 505 are males while 500 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mela Maruthur village population of children with age 0-6 is 110 which makes up 10.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mela Maruthur village is 990 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Mela Maruthur as per census is 864, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Mela Maruthur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Mela Maruthur village was 75.53 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Mela Maruthur Male literacy stands at 85.20 % while female literacy rate was 65.92 %.

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

Mela Maruthur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 260 - -
Population 1,005 505 500
Child (0-6) 110 59 51
Schedule Caste 477 235 242
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.53 % 85.20 % 65.92 %
Total Workers 589 342 247
Main Worker 584 - -
Marginal Worker 5 4 1

Caste Factor

In Mela Maruthur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 47.46 % of total population in Mela Maruthur village. The village Mela Maruthur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mela Maruthur village out of total population, 589 were engaged in work activities. 99.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 589 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 414 were Agricultural labourer.