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Melkallur Population - Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu

Melkallur is a medium size village located in Tirunelveli Taluka of Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu with total 287 families residing. The Melkallur village has population of 1153 of which 569 are males while 584 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melkallur village population of children with age 0-6 is 163 which makes up 14.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melkallur village is 1026 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melkallur as per census is 940, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melkallur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melkallur village was 70.81 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melkallur Male literacy stands at 81.03 % while female literacy rate was 60.99 %.

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

Melkallur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 287 - -
Population 1,153 569 584
Child (0-6) 163 84 79
Schedule Caste 238 119 119
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.81 % 81.03 % 60.99 %
Total Workers 619 321 298
Main Worker 345 - -
Marginal Worker 274 137 137

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.64 % of total population in Melkallur village. The village Melkallur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Melkallur village out of total population, 619 were engaged in work activities. 55.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 619 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 293 were Agricultural labourer.