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Merkupathi Population - Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu

Merkupathi is a large village located in Avanashi Taluka of Tiruppur district, Tamil Nadu with total 890 families residing. The Merkupathi village has population of 2977 of which 1497 are males while 1480 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Merkupathi village population of children with age 0-6 is 262 which makes up 8.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Merkupathi village is 989 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Merkupathi as per census is 712, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Merkupathi village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Merkupathi village was 60.70 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Merkupathi Male literacy stands at 67.04 % while female literacy rate was 54.49 %.

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

Merkupathi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 890 - -
Population 2,977 1,497 1,480
Child (0-6) 262 153 109
Schedule Caste 632 344 288
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.70 % 67.04 % 54.49 %
Total Workers 1,757 1,025 732
Main Worker 1,652 - -
Marginal Worker 105 18 87

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.23 % of total population in Merkupathi village. The village Merkupathi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Merkupathi village out of total population, 1757 were engaged in work activities. 94.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1757 workers engaged in Main Work, 170 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 787 were Agricultural labourer.