Google Map Of Melur

Melur is a town & a municipality in Madurai inTamil Nadu. It is called Thaikramam which means 'Mother of Villages' and is the biggest taluk in the whole Madurai District.It is a great exporter &manufacturerof ploughs. Granite manufacturing is an important industry and granite made is also exported around the world. It is situated in basically agricultural area and even most of the people living here are indulged in agriculture, mainly in the cultivation of rice.It has an average height of 149 metres.Here males are highly educated rather than females . Census declares that main coporations slightly higher than females corporation. It has many government and private schools and education institutes also . Main occupation of this town is agricultural , fishing , handlooms etc. It has many important government educational institutes namely Homeopathic Medical College, the Madurai Medical College, Agricultural College, and Madurai Law College and also a research institute which provides education to canditates in Tamil Nadu. The soil type found here is predominantly while red loam , clay loam & black cotton varieties are widely common in the outer edge of the city. The major crop is Paddy, also includes millet, pulses, oil seed, sugarcane &cotton.