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Kovilpalayam Population - Namakkal, Tamil Nadu

Kovilpalayam is a medium size village located in Tiruchengode Taluka of Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu with total 304 families residing. The Kovilpalayam village has population of 1028 of which 530 are males while 498 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kovilpalayam village population of children with age 0-6 is 93 which makes up 9.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kovilpalayam village is 940 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Kovilpalayam as per census is 860, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Kovilpalayam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Kovilpalayam village was 67.49 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Kovilpalayam Male literacy stands at 76.25 % while female literacy rate was 58.24 %.

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

Kovilpalayam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 304 - -
Population 1,028 530 498
Child (0-6) 93 50 43
Schedule Caste 754 384 370
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.49 % 76.25 % 58.24 %
Total Workers 580 321 259
Main Worker 341 - -
Marginal Worker 239 111 128

Caste Factor

In Kovilpalayam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 73.35 % of total population in Kovilpalayam village. The village Kovilpalayam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kovilpalayam village out of total population, 580 were engaged in work activities. 58.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 580 workers engaged in Main Work, 41 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 170 were Agricultural labourer.