 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 70.00% Hindus, 25.00% Muslims, 5.00% Christians, 0.00% Sikhs and 0.00% following other religions.