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Melaputhaneri Population - Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu

Melaputhaneri is a medium size village located in Palayamkottai Taluka of Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu with total 261 families residing. The Melaputhaneri village has population of 920 of which 467 are males while 453 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melaputhaneri village population of children with age 0-6 is 96 which makes up 10.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melaputhaneri village is 970 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melaputhaneri as per census is 745, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melaputhaneri village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melaputhaneri village was 83.37 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melaputhaneri Male literacy stands at 91.50 % while female literacy rate was 75.24 %.

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

Melaputhaneri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 261 - -
Population 920 467 453
Child (0-6) 96 55 41
Schedule Caste 396 213 183
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.37 % 91.50 % 75.24 %
Total Workers 455 263 192
Main Worker 380 - -
Marginal Worker 75 15 60

Caste Factor

In Melaputhaneri village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 43.04 % of total population in Melaputhaneri village. The village Melaputhaneri currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Melaputhaneri village out of total population, 455 were engaged in work activities. 83.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 455 workers engaged in Main Work, 54 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 96 were Agricultural labourer.