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Santhavelur Population - Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu

Santhavelur is a large village located in Sriperumbudur Taluka of Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 1190 families residing. The Santhavelur village has population of 4817 of which 2367 are males while 2450 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Santhavelur village population of children with age 0-6 is 606 which makes up 12.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Santhavelur village is 1035 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Santhavelur as per census is 1061, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Santhavelur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Santhavelur village was 78.01 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Santhavelur Male literacy stands at 85.43 % while female literacy rate was 70.81 %.

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

Santhavelur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,190 - -
Population 4,817 2,367 2,450
Child (0-6) 606 294 312
Schedule Caste 815 401 414
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.01 % 85.43 % 70.81 %
Total Workers 1,959 1,406 553
Main Worker 1,682 - -
Marginal Worker 277 113 164

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.92 % of total population in Santhavelur village. The village Santhavelur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Santhavelur village out of total population, 1959 were engaged in work activities. 85.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1959 workers engaged in Main Work, 136 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 326 were Agricultural labourer.