Melur Block
Name of the Block
Melur
Name of the Taluk
Melur
Name of the Division
Madurai
Name of the District
Madurai
Name of Revenue Firkas
Melur, A.Vallalapatti, Thiruvathavur, Keelavalavu, Vellalore
No. of Revenue Villages
50
Number of Panchayats
36
Number of Town Panchayats
1
Number of Townships / Municipality
1
Area and Population by Sex Rural / Urban
| Year | Area(Sq.m.) | Total Revenue Villages |
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| 1981 | 398.18 | 49 | 90240 | 44514 | 45726 | ||||||
| 1991 | 398.18 | 49 | 115006 | 57665 | 57341 | ||||||
Socio - Economic Indicators
- Density of Population per Sq.km. : 289
- Percentage of Urban Population to total Population : -
- Number of female per 1000 males : 994
- Percentage of Schedules Castes to total Population : 19.07
- Percentage of Schedules Tribes to total Population : 0.03
- Average size of household : 4.29
- Percentage of workers to total population : 52.12
- Percentage of Female workers to total workers : 43.93
- Percentage of Agricultural workers to total workers : 80.97
- Percentage of Agricultural Labourers to total Agriculture workers : 55.88
- Percentage of workers in Manufacturing Industry to total workers : 0.24
- Percentage of area sown to total Geographical area sown : 32.74
- Percentage of gross cropped area to net area sown : 101.62
- Percentage of net area sown : 98.40
- Percentage of net area irrigate to gross cropped area : 87.53
- Percentage of gross area irrigated to gross cropped : 89.12
- Bovine population per sq. km. : 120
- Number of draught animals per thousand hectares of net area sown : 349.91
- Percentage of villages electrified : 100%
- Number of post office per lakh/thousand population : 25.21
- Number of telegraph officers per lakh/thousand of population : -
- Number of TV sets per / Lakh / Thousand Population : 17
- Percentage of Literacy : 49.31
- Percentage of Literacy amongst Scheduled Castes : NA
- Percentage of Literacy amongst Scheduled Tribes : -
- Percentage of Villages covered by prot. Water supply : 100%
- Number of households per 100 resld. Occupied houses : 101
Essential Services
- No. of Nationalised Banks : 5
- No. of Scheduled Banks : -
- No. of Grama Banks : -
- No. of Primary Agricultural Co-operative Banks : 18
- No. of Land Mortgage Banks : -
- No. of Police Stations : 1
- No. of Police Outposts : -
- No. of Railway Stations : -
- No. of Village Chavadies : 26
- No. of Noon Meal Centre : 111
- No. of Child Welfare Centres : 152
- Whether bus stand available at the Block H.Quarters? : Yes
- Whether bus facilities available at the Block Head Quarters? : Yes
- No. of fire stations : 1
- No. of Petrol bunk : 2
- Village Internet connection : 26
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