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Karnatham Population - Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu

Karnatham is a large village located in Virudhachalam Taluka of Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu with total 531 families residing. The Karnatham village has population of 2343 of which 1140 are males while 1203 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karnatham village population of children with age 0-6 is 306 which makes up 13.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karnatham village is 1055 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Karnatham as per census is 1170, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Karnatham village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Karnatham village was 67.70 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Karnatham Male literacy stands at 78.68 % while female literacy rate was 57.13 %.

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

Karnatham Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 531 - -
Population 2,343 1,140 1,203
Child (0-6) 306 141 165
Schedule Caste 743 348 395
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.70 % 78.68 % 57.13 %
Total Workers 874 667 207
Main Worker 704 - -
Marginal Worker 170 79 91

Caste Factor

Karnatham village of Cuddalore has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.71 % of total population in Karnatham village. The village Karnatham currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Karnatham village out of total population, 874 were engaged in work activities. 80.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 874 workers engaged in Main Work, 149 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 151 were Agricultural labourer.