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Melaselvanur Population - Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu

Melaselvanur is a medium size village located in Kadaladi Taluka of Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 424 families residing. The Melaselvanur village has population of 1694 of which 856 are males while 838 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melaselvanur village population of children with age 0-6 is 181 which makes up 10.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melaselvanur village is 979 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melaselvanur as per census is 757, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melaselvanur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melaselvanur village was 72.11 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melaselvanur Male literacy stands at 81.54 % while female literacy rate was 62.76 %.

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

Melaselvanur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 424 - -
Population 1,694 856 838
Child (0-6) 181 103 78
Schedule Caste 458 230 228
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.11 % 81.54 % 62.76 %
Total Workers 1,033 549 484
Main Worker 645 - -
Marginal Worker 388 167 221

Caste Factor

Melaselvanur village of Ramanathapuram has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.04 % of total population in Melaselvanur village. The village Melaselvanur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Melaselvanur village out of total population, 1033 were engaged in work activities. 62.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1033 workers engaged in Main Work, 444 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 45 were Agricultural labourer.