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Maligaimedu Population - Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu

Maligaimedu is a medium size village located in Virudhachalam Taluka of Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu with total 399 families residing. The Maligaimedu village has population of 1555 of which 803 are males while 752 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maligaimedu village population of children with age 0-6 is 143 which makes up 9.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maligaimedu village is 936 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Maligaimedu as per census is 882, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Maligaimedu village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Maligaimedu village was 57.58 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Maligaimedu Male literacy stands at 74.00 % while female literacy rate was 40.15 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Maligaimedu 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 Maligaimedu village.

Maligaimedu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 399 - -
Population 1,555 803 752
Child (0-6) 143 76 67
Schedule Caste 772 400 372
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 57.58 % 74.00 % 40.15 %
Total Workers 806 525 281
Main Worker 482 - -
Marginal Worker 324 131 193

Caste Factor

In Maligaimedu village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 49.65 % of total population in Maligaimedu village. The village Maligaimedu currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Maligaimedu village out of total population, 806 were engaged in work activities. 59.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 806 workers engaged in Main Work, 84 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 308 were Agricultural labourer.