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Melarangunam Population - Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu

Melarangunam is a medium size village located in Gingee Taluka of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 306 families residing. The Melarangunam village has population of 1210 of which 625 are males while 585 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melarangunam village population of children with age 0-6 is 124 which makes up 10.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melarangunam village is 936 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melarangunam as per census is 1033, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melarangunam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melarangunam village was 71.82 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melarangunam Male literacy stands at 82.45 % while female literacy rate was 60.34 %.

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

Melarangunam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 306 - -
Population 1,210 625 585
Child (0-6) 124 61 63
Schedule Caste 328 173 155
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.82 % 82.45 % 60.34 %
Total Workers 605 335 270
Main Worker 260 - -
Marginal Worker 345 171 174

Caste Factor

Melarangunam village of Viluppuram has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.11 % of total population in Melarangunam village. The village Melarangunam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Melarangunam village out of total population, 605 were engaged in work activities. 42.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 605 workers engaged in Main Work, 56 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 139 were Agricultural labourer.