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Meladhanur Population - Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu

Meladhanur is a medium size village located in Tittakudi Taluka of Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu with total 265 families residing. The Meladhanur village has population of 1015 of which 518 are males while 497 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meladhanur village population of children with age 0-6 is 102 which makes up 10.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meladhanur village is 959 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Meladhanur as per census is 889, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Meladhanur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Meladhanur village was 62.98 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Meladhanur Male literacy stands at 70.26 % while female literacy rate was 55.46 %.

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

Meladhanur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 265 - -
Population 1,015 518 497
Child (0-6) 102 54 48
Schedule Caste 404 198 206
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.98 % 70.26 % 55.46 %
Total Workers 552 281 271
Main Worker 82 - -
Marginal Worker 470 222 248

Caste Factor

In Meladhanur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.80 % of total population in Meladhanur village. The village Meladhanur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Meladhanur village out of total population, 552 were engaged in work activities. 14.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 85.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 552 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 26 were Agricultural labourer.