Mela Eral Population - Thoothukkudi, Tamil Nadu

Mela Eral is a medium size village located in Ettayapuram Taluka of Thoothukkudi district, Tamil Nadu with total 407 families residing. The Mela Eral village has population of 1389 of which 710 are males while 679 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mela Eral village population of children with age 0-6 is 124 which makes up 8.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mela Eral village is 956 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Mela Eral as per census is 1033, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Mela Eral village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Mela Eral village was 71.62 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Mela Eral Male literacy stands at 81.97 % while female literacy rate was 60.71 %.

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

Mela Eral Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	407	-	-
Population	1,389	710	679
Child (0-6)	124	61	63
Schedule Caste	874	441	433
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	71.62 %	81.97 %	60.71 %
Total Workers	796	450	346
Main Worker	577	-	-
Marginal Worker	219	107	112

Caste Factor

In Mela Eral village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 62.92 % of total population in Mela Eral village. The village Mela Eral currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mela Eral village out of total population, 796 were engaged in work activities. 72.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 796 workers engaged in Main Work, 200 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 188 were Agricultural labourer.