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Melalathur Population - Vellore, Tamil Nadu

Melalathur is a large village located in Gudiyatham Taluka of Vellore district, Tamil Nadu with total 785 families residing. The Melalathur village has population of 3462 of which 1718 are males while 1744 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melalathur village population of children with age 0-6 is 370 which makes up 10.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melalathur village is 1015 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melalathur as per census is 1033, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melalathur village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melalathur village was 84.28 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melalathur Male literacy stands at 90.49 % while female literacy rate was 78.15 %.

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

Melalathur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 785 - -
Population 3,462 1,718 1,744
Child (0-6) 370 182 188
Schedule Caste 1,726 847 879
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.28 % 90.49 % 78.15 %
Total Workers 1,442 986 456
Main Worker 1,118 - -
Marginal Worker 324 143 181

Caste Factor

In Melalathur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 49.86 % of total population in Melalathur village. The village Melalathur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Melalathur village out of total population, 1442 were engaged in work activities. 77.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1442 workers engaged in Main Work, 40 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 86 were Agricultural labourer.