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Melur Population - Thrissur, Kerala

Melur is a large village located in Mukundapuram Taluka of Thrissur district, Kerala with total 5660 families residing. The Melur village has population of 22678 of which 10958 are males while 11720 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melur village population of children with age 0-6 is 2027 which makes up 8.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melur village is 1070 which is lower than Kerala state average of 1084. Child Sex Ratio for the Melur as per census is 951, lower than Kerala average of 964.

Melur village has higher literacy rate compared to Kerala. In 2011, literacy rate of Melur village was 94.75 % compared to 94.00 % of Kerala. In Melur Male literacy stands at 97.32 % while female literacy rate was 92.38 %.

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

Melur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 5,660 - -
Population 22,678 10,958 11,720
Child (0-6) 2,027 1,039 988
Schedule Caste 1,730 816 914
Schedule Tribe 26 7 19
Literacy 94.75 % 97.32 % 92.38 %
Total Workers 8,883 6,139 2,744
Main Worker 7,372 - -
Marginal Worker 1,511 796 715

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.63 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.11 % of total population in Melur village.

Work Profile

In Melur village out of total population, 8883 were engaged in work activities. 82.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 8883 workers engaged in Main Work, 760 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1212 were Agricultural labourer.