Melur taluk

Melur taluk is a taluk of Madurai district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Melur.Navinipatty village 3 Km from MELUR]].

Traditional architecture of Madurai district

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Melur had a population of 290,985 with 146,499 males and 144,486 females. There were 986 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 68.91. Child population in the age group below 6 was 16,258 Males and 14,540 Females.^[1]

References

↑ "Provisional Population Totals - Tamil Nadu-Census 2011" (PDF). Census Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013.

Madurai district
District Headquarters	Madurai
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
Region	Pandya Nadu
Taluks	Melur Madurai-North Madurai-South Usilampatti Vadipatti Peraiyur Thirumangalam
Revenue blocks	Alanganallur Chellampatti Kallikudi Kottampatti Madurai East Madurai West Melur Sedapatti T.Kallupatti Thirumangalam Thirupparankunram Usilampatti Vadipatti
History	Early Cholas Kalabhras Medieval Cholas Later Cholas Madurai Sultanate Vijayanagar Empire British Raj
Places of Worship	Meenakshi Amman Temple Edaganathar temple Goripalayam Mosque Kazimar Big Mosque Thiruvedagam Alagar Koyil Koodal Azhagar Temple Pazhamudircholai Thirupparamkunram Murugan Temple othakadai narasimhar temple
Places of interest	Gandhi Memorial Museum Thirumalai Nayakkar Mahal Athisayam
Universities	Madurai Kamaraj University
Cities and towns People Villages

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