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Melakulam Population - Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu

Melakulam is a medium size village located in Mudukulathur Taluka of Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 444 families residing. The Melakulam village has population of 1778 of which 860 are males while 918 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melakulam village population of children with age 0-6 is 194 which makes up 10.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melakulam village is 1067 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melakulam as per census is 921, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melakulam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melakulam village was 69.38 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melakulam Male literacy stands at 81.82 % while female literacy rate was 57.94 %.

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

Melakulam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 444 - -
Population 1,778 860 918
Child (0-6) 194 101 93
Schedule Caste 322 154 168
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.38 % 81.82 % 57.94 %
Total Workers 987 507 480
Main Worker 781 - -
Marginal Worker 206 44 162

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.11 % of total population in Melakulam village. The village Melakulam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Melakulam village out of total population, 987 were engaged in work activities. 79.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 987 workers engaged in Main Work, 293 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 348 were Agricultural labourer.