General Information
| Taluk Formation Date | : 31.08.1915 |
| Total Population (1991 Census) | : 2,13,950 |
| Male | : 1,06,926 |
| Female | : 1,07,024 |
| Total Villages | : 84 |
| Total Area | : 66,491.17.5 Ha |
| Wet area | : 25,545.11.5 Ha |
| Dry area | : 21,033.90.5 Ha |
| Revenue Firkas | 1. Vellalur 2. Kottampatti 3. Karungalakudi 4. Keelavalavu 5. Thiruvadavur 6. Melavalavu 7. Melur 8. A.Vallalapatti |
| Panchayat Unions | 1. Melur 2. Kottampatti |
| Town Panchayats | 1. A.Vallalapatti |
| Places of Historical importance | Alagar Koil Sri Thirumarainathar Koil,Thiruvathavur Birth Place of Manickavasagar Samanar stone bed at Keelavalavu |
| Quaries | |
| Educational Instituions | Colleges : 4 High schools : 11 Higher Secondary schools : 10 |
| Government Hospitals | : 1 |
| Primary Health Centers : | : 10 |
Villages in Melur Taluk
| A.Valayapatti | Ambalakaranpatti | Amoor | Arasappanpatti |
| Arittapatti | Attapatti | Attukulam | Ayuthapatti |
| Ayyanpandankudi | Ayyapatti | Boothamangalam | Chadurmadangan |
| Chokkalingapuram | Chokkampatti | Ehi | Kalikulam |
| Kallampatti | Kambur | Karumalai R.F. | Karungalakudi |
| Katchirayanpatti | Kavatayampatti | Keelaiyur | Keelavalavu |
| Keeranur | Kesampatti | Kidaripatti | Kilavikulam |
| Kodukkampatti | Kongampatti | Kottampatti | Kottankudi |
| Kovilpatti | Kunnarampatti | Kurichipatti | Malampatti |
| Manappacheri | Manickampatti | Marudur | Melavalavu |
| Mukkampatti | Nalukulam | Narasingampatti | Navinipatti |
| Pallapatti | Panangudi | Pandankudi | Pathinettankudi |
| Pattur | Perumalmalaipatti Forest | Perungalakudi | Poongjthi |
| Pottapatti | Pudusukkampatti | Pulipatti | Saruguvalayapatti |
| Sathamangalam | Sekkipatti | Sennagarampatti | Silambakkonepatti |
| Sorugulipatti | Sukkampatti | Surakkundu | Surapatti |
| T.Vellalapatti | Thaniamangalam | Tharkakudi | Therkkutheru |
| Thiruchunni | Thiruvadavur | Thonthilingapuram | Thumbaipatti |
| Thuvarankulam | Uduppakkulam | Unukalpuliankulam | Uranganpatti |
| Valaicheripatti | Valaicheripatti Hills | Valayankulam | Vanjinagaram |
| Vannamparaipatti | Vellalore | Vellimalai R.F. | Veppadappu |