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Melkarai Population - Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu

Melkarai is a medium size village located in Nanguneri Taluka of Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu with total 382 families residing. The Melkarai village has population of 1627 of which 822 are males while 805 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melkarai village population of children with age 0-6 is 204 which makes up 12.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melkarai village is 979 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melkarai as per census is 789, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melkarai village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melkarai village was 85.95 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melkarai Male literacy stands at 89.83 % while female literacy rate was 82.10 %.

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

Melkarai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 382 - -
Population 1,627 822 805
Child (0-6) 204 114 90
Schedule Caste 136 59 77
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.95 % 89.83 % 82.10 %
Total Workers 755 453 302
Main Worker 357 - -
Marginal Worker 398 247 151

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.36 % of total population in Melkarai village. The village Melkarai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Melkarai village out of total population, 755 were engaged in work activities. 47.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 755 workers engaged in Main Work, 180 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 83 were Agricultural labourer.