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Melur Population - Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu

Melur is a large village located in Kulathur Taluka of Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu with total 602 families residing. The Melur village has population of 2534 of which 1230 are males while 1304 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melur village population of children with age 0-6 is 324 which makes up 12.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melur village is 1060 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melur as per census is 884, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melur village was 74.03 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melur Male literacy stands at 83.18 % while female literacy rate was 65.63 %.

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 602 - -
Population 2,534 1,230 1,304
Child (0-6) 324 172 152
Schedule Caste 512 246 266
Schedule Tribe 1 0 1
Literacy 74.03 % 83.18 % 65.63 %
Total Workers 1,110 679 431
Main Worker 1,099 - -
Marginal Worker 11 2 9

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.21 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.04 % of total population in Melur village.

Work Profile

In Melur village out of total population, 1110 were engaged in work activities. 99.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1110 workers engaged in Main Work, 479 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 278 were Agricultural labourer.