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Mettuthangal Population - Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu

Mettuthangal is a medium size village located in Uthangarai Taluka of Krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu with total 262 families residing. The Mettuthangal village has population of 1068 of which 566 are males while 502 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mettuthangal village population of children with age 0-6 is 97 which makes up 9.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mettuthangal village is 887 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Mettuthangal as per census is 702, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Mettuthangal village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Mettuthangal village was 69.10 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Mettuthangal Male literacy stands at 79.37 % while female literacy rate was 57.79 %.

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

Mettuthangal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 262 - -
Population 1,068 566 502
Child (0-6) 97 57 40
Schedule Caste 777 406 371
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.10 % 79.37 % 57.79 %
Total Workers 543 322 221
Main Worker 442 - -
Marginal Worker 101 30 71

Caste Factor

In Mettuthangal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 72.75 % of total population in Mettuthangal village. The village Mettuthangal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mettuthangal village out of total population, 543 were engaged in work activities. 81.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 543 workers engaged in Main Work, 99 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 75 were Agricultural labourer.