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Tamil Nadu · Cuddalore · Kattumannarkoil

Melpakkathurai

1,581
people at the 2011 Census · 770 male, 811 female

Population

Population
1,581India 121.09 Cr

Literacy

Literacy
89.58%India 72.98%
Male Lit.
92.91%India 80.88%
Female Lit.
86.60%India 64.63%
Lit. Gap
6.31 ppIndia 16.25 pp

Society

Sex Ratio
1053 / 1000India 943 / 1000
Child Sex Ratio
719 / 1000India 918 / 1000
Under 7
13.16%India 13.59%
SC %
14.86%India 16.63%
ST %
0.00%India 8.63%
Household
4.38India 4.85

Work

Workers
25.11%India 39.80%
Female Work
8.01%India 25.52%
Main Workers
94.71%India 75.24%
Non-Workers
74.89%India 60.20%

This village is classified entirely rural at the 2011 Census, so urban population share does not apply. Density, land area and decadal growth are not published in the Primary Census Abstract. See Methodology.

Melpakkathurai in context

With 1,581 people at the 2011 Census, Melpakkathurai was the 422nd most populous of its district's 828 villages, below the district average of 2,078.

Literacy stood at 89.58%, 15.9 points above the district's rural average of 73.69%.

The sex ratio was 1053 women per 1,000 men (73 above the district's rural figure of 980) — one of the minority of villages where women outnumbered men. Among children aged 0–6 the ratio was 719, 204 below the rural national 923.

25.1% of the population were recorded as workers, 24.4 points below the district's rural rate.