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Mettur Population - Salem, Tamil Nadu

Mettur is a medium size village located in Yercaud Taluka of Salem district, Tamil Nadu with total 81 families residing. The Mettur village has population of 298 of which 144 are males while 154 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mettur village population of children with age 0-6 is 43 which makes up 14.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mettur village is 1069 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Mettur as per census is 1389, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Mettur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Mettur village was 38.82 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Mettur Male literacy stands at 51.59 % while female literacy rate was 26.36 %.

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

Mettur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 81 - -
Population 298 144 154
Child (0-6) 43 18 25
Schedule Caste 6 2 4
Schedule Tribe 288 140 148
Literacy 38.82 % 51.59 % 26.36 %
Total Workers 124 82 42
Main Worker 124 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Mettur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.64 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.01 % of total population in Mettur village.

Work Profile

In Mettur village out of total population, 124 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 124 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.