Melur

Melur மேலூர் Mela Nadu
Town
Traditional village house in Melur
Melur Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 10°03′N 78°20′E / 10.05°N 78.33°E / 10.05; 78.33Coordinates: 10°03′N 78°20′E / 10.05°N 78.33°E / 10.05; 78.33
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Madurai
Government
• Type	Second Grade Municipality
• Body	Melur Municipality
• Panchayat	A.Vallalapatty
Area
• Total	664.9 km2 (256.7 sq mi)
Elevation	149 m (489 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	40,017
• Density	60/km2 (160/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Vehicle registration	TN-59
Website	www.meluronline.com

Melur is a town and a municipality in the Madurai East in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The name Melur name comes from "Mela Nadu". Melur is called Thaikramam ('Mother of Villages'). It is the biggest taluk within the Madurai District. As of 2011, the town had a population of 40,017.

Melur is a manufacturer and exporter of ploughs. Granite production is an important industry; granite from Melur is exported around the world. Situated within a largely agricultural area, most of the people living around Melur are employed in agriculture, chiefly in the cultivation of rice.

Melur has an average elevation of 149 metres (489 ft).

According to the 2011 census, Melur had a population of 40,017 with a sex-ratio of 961 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. A total of 4,488 were under the age of six, constituting 2,353 males and 2,135 females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 12.33% and .39% of the population respectively. The average literacy of the town was 79.47%, compared to the national average of 72.99%. The town had a total of 9872 households. There were a total of 14,126 workers, comprising 355 cultivators, 1,493 main agricultural labourers, 295 in household industries, 10,470 other workers, 1,513 marginal workers, 33 marginal cultivators, 230 marginal agricultural labourers, 88 marginal workers in household industries and 1,162 other marginal workers.

As per the religious census of 2011, Melur had 52.18% Hindus, 28.8% Muslims, 45.35% Christians, 0.02% Sikhs and 0.26% following other religions.

The local religion involves as follows: the Lord Shiva temple and the goddess Draupathi, who was wife of the Pandavas. Two important events are Biman–Keesakan fight and the Pookkuli Festival. In the first event, one person will be acting as Bima and another as Keesakan. Keesakan tries to run away from Bima, and the latter will chase him and kill him. The Pookkuli (walking on ignited coals) festival is celebrated every year by the Draupathi Amman Temple. On the Pookkuli day, devotees who have offered prayers to the goddess will perform fire walking. Pathinettankudi manjuu verattu is celebrated on every mattupongal day. specially in melur population is majority of muslium and the have big majaid at trichy main road which is head of other majid in melur.