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East Rajapalayam Population - Salem, Tamil Nadu

East Rajapalayam is a large village located in Gangavalli Taluka of Salem district, Tamil Nadu with total 801 families residing. The East Rajapalayam village has population of 3109 of which 1549 are males while 1560 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In East Rajapalayam village population of children with age 0-6 is 295 which makes up 9.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of East Rajapalayam village is 1007 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the East Rajapalayam as per census is 821, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

East Rajapalayam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of East Rajapalayam village was 68.62 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In East Rajapalayam Male literacy stands at 78.73 % while female literacy rate was 58.79 %.

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

East Rajapalayam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 801 - -
Population 3,109 1,549 1,560
Child (0-6) 295 162 133
Schedule Caste 938 469 469
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.62 % 78.73 % 58.79 %
Total Workers 1,760 885 875
Main Worker 1,676 - -
Marginal Worker 84 23 61

Caste Factor

East Rajapalayam village of Salem has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.17 % of total population in East Rajapalayam village. The village East Rajapalayam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In East Rajapalayam village out of total population, 1760 were engaged in work activities. 95.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1760 workers engaged in Main Work, 673 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 862 were Agricultural labourer.