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Sottavanam Population - Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu

Sottavanam is a medium size village located in Virudhachalam Taluka of Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu with total 238 families residing. The Sottavanam village has population of 959 of which 467 are males while 492 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sottavanam village population of children with age 0-6 is 93 which makes up 9.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sottavanam village is 1054 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Sottavanam as per census is 824, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Sottavanam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Sottavanam village was 72.75 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Sottavanam Male literacy stands at 81.25 % while female literacy rate was 64.89 %.

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

Sottavanam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 238 - -
Population 959 467 492
Child (0-6) 93 51 42
Schedule Caste 189 98 91
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.75 % 81.25 % 64.89 %
Total Workers 862 417 445
Main Worker 807 - -
Marginal Worker 55 23 32

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.71 % of total population in Sottavanam village. The village Sottavanam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sottavanam village out of total population, 862 were engaged in work activities. 93.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 862 workers engaged in Main Work, 460 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 316 were Agricultural labourer.