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Melapalandai Population - Vellore, Tamil Nadu

Melapalandai is a large village located in Arcot Taluka of Vellore district, Tamil Nadu with total 651 families residing. The Melapalandai village has population of 2537 of which 1275 are males while 1262 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melapalandai village population of children with age 0-6 is 302 which makes up 11.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melapalandai village is 990 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melapalandai as per census is 987, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melapalandai village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melapalandai village was 67.16 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melapalandai Male literacy stands at 76.94 % while female literacy rate was 57.28 %.

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

Melapalandai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 651 - -
Population 2,537 1,275 1,262
Child (0-6) 302 152 150
Schedule Caste 866 416 450
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.16 % 76.94 % 57.28 %
Total Workers 1,295 762 533
Main Worker 517 - -
Marginal Worker 778 406 372

Caste Factor

Melapalandai village of Vellore has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.13 % of total population in Melapalandai village. The village Melapalandai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Melapalandai village out of total population, 1295 were engaged in work activities. 39.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1295 workers engaged in Main Work, 40 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 318 were Agricultural labourer.