 There were a total of 15,753 workers, comprising 50 cultivators, 114 main agricultural labourers, 3,299 in house hold industries, 10,830 other workers, 1,460 marginal workers, 16 marginal cultivators, 37 marginal agricultural labourers, 235 marginal workers in household industries and 1,172 other marginal workers.As per the religious census of 2011, Melvisharam (M) had 22.97% Hindus, 76.12% Muslims, 0.77% Christians, 0.0% Sikhs, 0.0% Buddhists, 0.0% Jains, 0.12% following other religions and 0.0% following no religion or did not indicate any religious preference.According to the Survey taken by the Locals.