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Mettupalayam Population - Namakkal, Tamil Nadu

Mettupalayam is a medium size village located in Tiruchengode Taluka of Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu with total 111 families residing. The Mettupalayam village has population of 395 of which 210 are males while 185 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mettupalayam village population of children with age 0-6 is 39 which makes up 9.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mettupalayam village is 881 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Mettupalayam as per census is 500, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Mettupalayam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Mettupalayam village was 67.98 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Mettupalayam Male literacy stands at 76.63 % while female literacy rate was 58.72 %.

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

Mettupalayam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 111 - -
Population 395 210 185
Child (0-6) 39 26 13
Schedule Caste 244 127 117
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.98 % 76.63 % 58.72 %
Total Workers 224 120 104
Main Worker 211 - -
Marginal Worker 13 5 8

Caste Factor

In Mettupalayam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 61.77 % of total population in Mettupalayam village. The village Mettupalayam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mettupalayam village out of total population, 224 were engaged in work activities. 94.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 224 workers engaged in Main Work, 40 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 127 were Agricultural labourer.