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Melakarandai Population - Thoothukkudi, Tamil Nadu

Melakarandai is a medium size village located in Ettayapuram Taluka of Thoothukkudi district, Tamil Nadu with total 452 families residing. The Melakarandai village has population of 1491 of which 738 are males while 753 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melakarandai village population of children with age 0-6 is 138 which makes up 9.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melakarandai village is 1020 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melakarandai as per census is 1091, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melakarandai village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melakarandai village was 77.68 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melakarandai Male literacy stands at 84.97 % while female literacy rate was 70.48 %.

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

Melakarandai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 452 - -
Population 1,491 738 753
Child (0-6) 138 66 72
Schedule Caste 325 161 164
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.68 % 84.97 % 70.48 %
Total Workers 799 444 355
Main Worker 770 - -
Marginal Worker 29 8 21

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.80 % of total population in Melakarandai village. The village Melakarandai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Melakarandai village out of total population, 799 were engaged in work activities. 96.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 799 workers engaged in Main Work, 113 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 350 were Agricultural labourer.