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Mettupalayam Population - Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu

Mettupalayam is a medium size village located in Sriperumbudur Taluka of Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 271 families residing. The Mettupalayam village has population of 1068 of which 557 are males while 511 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mettupalayam village population of children with age 0-6 is 143 which makes up 13.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mettupalayam village is 917 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Mettupalayam as per census is 1014, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Mettupalayam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Mettupalayam village was 72.43 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Mettupalayam Male literacy stands at 76.95 % while female literacy rate was 67.43 %.

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

Mettupalayam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 271 - -
Population 1,068 557 511
Child (0-6) 143 71 72
Schedule Caste 813 395 418
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.43 % 76.95 % 67.43 %
Total Workers 503 341 162
Main Worker 391 - -
Marginal Worker 112 60 52

Caste Factor

In Mettupalayam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 76.12 % of total population in Mettupalayam village. The village Mettupalayam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mettupalayam village out of total population, 503 were engaged in work activities. 77.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 503 workers engaged in Main Work, 46 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 26 were Agricultural labourer.