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Karpagam Population - Salem, Tamil Nadu

Karpagam is a medium size village located in Salem Taluka of Salem district, Tamil Nadu with total 97 families residing. The Karpagam village has population of 331 of which 174 are males while 157 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karpagam village population of children with age 0-6 is 27 which makes up 8.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karpagam village is 902 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Karpagam as per census is 1077, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Karpagam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Karpagam village was 67.11 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Karpagam Male literacy stands at 77.02 % while female literacy rate was 55.94 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Karpagam village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Karpagam village.

Karpagam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 97 - -
Population 331 174 157
Child (0-6) 27 13 14
Schedule Caste 115 62 53
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.11 % 77.02 % 55.94 %
Total Workers 166 122 44
Main Worker 166 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

Karpagam village of Salem has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.74 % of total population in Karpagam village. The village Karpagam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Karpagam village out of total population, 166 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 166 workers engaged in Main Work, 115 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 27 were Agricultural labourer.