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Gudalur Population - Salem, Tamil Nadu

Gudalur is a large village located in Sankari Taluka of Salem district, Tamil Nadu with total 1537 families residing. The Gudalur village has population of 5448 of which 2749 are males while 2699 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gudalur village population of children with age 0-6 is 501 which makes up 9.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gudalur village is 982 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Gudalur as per census is 1012, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Gudalur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Gudalur village was 72.29 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Gudalur Male literacy stands at 80.40 % while female literacy rate was 64.00 %.

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

Gudalur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,537 - -
Population 5,448 2,749 2,699
Child (0-6) 501 249 252
Schedule Caste 611 308 303
Schedule Tribe 5 3 2
Literacy 72.29 % 80.40 % 64.00 %
Total Workers 2,889 1,760 1,129
Main Worker 2,095 - -
Marginal Worker 794 302 492

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.22 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.09 % of total population in Gudalur village.

Work Profile

In Gudalur village out of total population, 2889 were engaged in work activities. 72.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2889 workers engaged in Main Work, 256 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 759 were Agricultural labourer.