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Othivakkam Population - Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu

Othivakkam is a medium size village located in Chengalpattu Taluka of Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 192 families residing. The Othivakkam village has population of 803 of which 408 are males while 395 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Othivakkam village population of children with age 0-6 is 93 which makes up 11.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Othivakkam village is 968 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Othivakkam as per census is 1514, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Othivakkam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Othivakkam village was 79.44 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Othivakkam Male literacy stands at 86.79 % while female literacy rate was 71.39 %.

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

Othivakkam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 192 - -
Population 803 408 395
Child (0-6) 93 37 56
Schedule Caste 438 220 218
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.44 % 86.79 % 71.39 %
Total Workers 260 221 39
Main Worker 242 - -
Marginal Worker 18 14 4

Caste Factor

In Othivakkam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 54.55 % of total population in Othivakkam village. The village Othivakkam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Othivakkam village out of total population, 260 were engaged in work activities. 93.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 260 workers engaged in Main Work, 67 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 57 were Agricultural labourer.