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Lachiyam Population - Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu

Lachiyam is a medium size village located in Kallakkurichi Taluka of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 300 families residing. The Lachiyam village has population of 1329 of which 670 are males while 659 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lachiyam village population of children with age 0-6 is 160 which makes up 12.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lachiyam village is 984 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Lachiyam as per census is 1192, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Lachiyam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Lachiyam village was 64.24 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Lachiyam Male literacy stands at 78.73 % while female literacy rate was 49.13 %.

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

Lachiyam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 300 - -
Population 1,329 670 659
Child (0-6) 160 73 87
Schedule Caste 807 411 396
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.24 % 78.73 % 49.13 %
Total Workers 860 439 421
Main Worker 849 - -
Marginal Worker 11 4 7

Caste Factor

In Lachiyam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 60.72 % of total population in Lachiyam village. The village Lachiyam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Lachiyam village out of total population, 860 were engaged in work activities. 98.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 860 workers engaged in Main Work, 326 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 485 were Agricultural labourer.