About Melur
Melur is a town and a municipality in the Madurai North in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The name Melur name comes from ""Mela Nadu"". Melur is called Thaigramam ('Mother of Villages'). It is the biggest taluk within the Madurai District.
Melur is a manufacturer and exporter of ploughs. It has many cast iron industrial. 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.
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