Kottagam Population - Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu

Kottagam is a medium size village located in Tirukkoyilur Taluka of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 226 families residing. The Kottagam village has population of 938 of which 501 are males while 437 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kottagam village population of children with age 0-6 is 117 which makes up 12.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kottagam village is 872 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Kottagam as per census is 721, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Kottagam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Kottagam village was 61.51 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Kottagam Male literacy stands at 64.20 % while female literacy rate was 58.51 %.

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

Kottagam Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	226	-	-
Population	938	501	437
Child (0-6)	117	68	49
Schedule Caste	678	358	320
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	61.51 %	64.20 %	58.51 %
Total Workers	389	289	100
Main Worker	222	-	-
Marginal Worker	167	82	85

Caste Factor

In Kottagam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 72.28 % of total population in Kottagam village. The village Kottagam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kottagam village out of total population, 389 were engaged in work activities. 57.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 389 workers engaged in Main Work, 135 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 55 were Agricultural labourer.