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Melapalur Population - Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu

Melapalur is a medium size village located in Ariyalur Taluka of Ariyalur district, Tamil Nadu with total 274 families residing. The Melapalur village has population of 1003 of which 470 are males while 533 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melapalur village population of children with age 0-6 is 139 which makes up 13.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melapalur village is 1134 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melapalur as per census is 1780, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melapalur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melapalur village was 68.63 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melapalur Male literacy stands at 75.00 % while female literacy rate was 62.61 %.

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

Melapalur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 274 - -
Population 1,003 470 533
Child (0-6) 139 50 89
Schedule Caste 287 136 151
Schedule Tribe 1 0 1
Literacy 68.63 % 75.00 % 62.61 %
Total Workers 483 278 205
Main Worker 475 - -
Marginal Worker 8 3 5

Caste Factor

Melapalur village of Ariyalur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.61 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.10 % of total population in Melapalur village.

Work Profile

In Melapalur village out of total population, 483 were engaged in work activities. 98.34 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.66 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 483 workers engaged in Main Work, 103 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 256 were Agricultural labourer.