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Edakkudi Population - Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu

Edakkudi is a medium size village located in Tharangambadi Taluka of Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu with total 282 families residing. The Edakkudi village has population of 1078 of which 537 are males while 541 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Edakkudi village population of children with age 0-6 is 108 which makes up 10.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Edakkudi village is 1007 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Edakkudi as per census is 1298, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Edakkudi village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Edakkudi village was 85.26 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Edakkudi Male literacy stands at 93.47 % while female literacy rate was 76.88 %.

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

Edakkudi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 282 - -
Population 1,078 537 541
Child (0-6) 108 47 61
Schedule Caste 637 330 307
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.26 % 93.47 % 76.88 %
Total Workers 469 309 160
Main Worker 458 - -
Marginal Worker 11 6 5

Caste Factor

In Edakkudi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 59.09 % of total population in Edakkudi village. The village Edakkudi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Edakkudi village out of total population, 469 were engaged in work activities. 97.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 469 workers engaged in Main Work, 16 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 358 were Agricultural labourer.