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Melarungunam Population - Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu

Melarungunam is a medium size village located in Panruti Taluka of Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu with total 187 families residing. The Melarungunam village has population of 843 of which 415 are males while 428 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melarungunam village population of children with age 0-6 is 84 which makes up 9.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melarungunam village is 1031 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melarungunam as per census is 1400, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melarungunam village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melarungunam village was 80.90 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melarungunam Male literacy stands at 90.00 % while female literacy rate was 71.77 %.

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

Melarungunam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 187 - -
Population 843 415 428
Child (0-6) 84 35 49
Schedule Caste 313 159 154
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.90 % 90.00 % 71.77 %
Total Workers 481 278 203
Main Worker 275 - -
Marginal Worker 206 32 174

Caste Factor

In Melarungunam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.13 % of total population in Melarungunam village. The village Melarungunam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Melarungunam village out of total population, 481 were engaged in work activities. 57.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 481 workers engaged in Main Work, 53 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 210 were Agricultural labourer.