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Melakaangal Population - Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu

Melakaangal is a large village located in Veerakeralamputhur Taluka of Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu with total 809 families residing. The Melakaangal village has population of 2991 of which 1444 are males while 1547 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melakaangal village population of children with age 0-6 is 265 which makes up 8.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melakaangal village is 1071 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melakaangal as per census is 1023, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melakaangal village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melakaangal village was 63.83 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melakaangal Male literacy stands at 75.48 % while female literacy rate was 53.01 %.

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

Melakaangal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 809 - -
Population 2,991 1,444 1,547
Child (0-6) 265 131 134
Schedule Caste 311 162 149
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 63.83 % 75.48 % 53.01 %
Total Workers 1,700 887 813
Main Worker 1,639 - -
Marginal Worker 61 26 35

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.40 % of total population in Melakaangal village. The village Melakaangal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Melakaangal village out of total population, 1700 were engaged in work activities. 96.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1700 workers engaged in Main Work, 189 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 770 were Agricultural labourer.