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Kadakkam Population - Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu

Kadakkam is a medium size village located in Tharangambadi Taluka of Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu with total 458 families residing. The Kadakkam village has population of 1785 of which 904 are males while 881 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kadakkam village population of children with age 0-6 is 220 which makes up 12.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kadakkam village is 975 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Kadakkam as per census is 1018, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Kadakkam village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Kadakkam village was 81.02 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Kadakkam Male literacy stands at 86.42 % while female literacy rate was 75.45 %.

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

Kadakkam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 458 - -
Population 1,785 904 881
Child (0-6) 220 109 111
Schedule Caste 763 373 390
Schedule Tribe 9 6 3
Literacy 81.02 % 86.42 % 75.45 %
Total Workers 683 496 187
Main Worker 657 - -
Marginal Worker 26 8 18

Caste Factor

In Kadakkam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 42.75 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.50 % of total population in Kadakkam village.

Work Profile

In Kadakkam village out of total population, 683 were engaged in work activities. 96.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 683 workers engaged in Main Work, 145 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 349 were Agricultural labourer.