Melur . It is the biggest taluk within the Madurai District. 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 . According to the 2001 India census, Melur had a population of 33,743. Males constituted 51% of the population and females 49%. Melur has an average literacy rate of 81%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 85%, and female literacy is 76%. In Melur, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. The local religion involves the Lord Shiva temple and the goddess Draupathi, who was wife of the Pandavas. Two...
Madurai , Pondicherry , Trichy , Tirupur , Coimbatore , Salem , Ootacamund , Palayamkottai , Kodaikanal , Nagarcoil , Thanjavur , Kanchipuram , Ariyalur , Dharmapuri , Chidambaram
