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Melapattam Population - Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu

Melapattam is a large village located in Palayamkottai Taluka of Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu with total 547 families residing. The Melapattam village has population of 2054 of which 1043 are males while 1011 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melapattam village population of children with age 0-6 is 221 which makes up 10.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melapattam village is 969 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melapattam as per census is 1065, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melapattam village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melapattam village was 81.78 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melapattam Male literacy stands at 90.06 % while female literacy rate was 73.13 %.

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

Melapattam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 547 - -
Population 2,054 1,043 1,011
Child (0-6) 221 107 114
Schedule Caste 1,012 513 499
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.78 % 90.06 % 73.13 %
Total Workers 697 561 136
Main Worker 491 - -
Marginal Worker 206 131 75

Caste Factor

In Melapattam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 49.27 % of total population in Melapattam village. The village Melapattam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Melapattam village out of total population, 697 were engaged in work activities. 70.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 697 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.