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Polagam Population - Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu

Polagam is a medium size village located in Nagapattinam Taluka of Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu with total 541 families residing. The Polagam village has population of 1933 of which 946 are males while 987 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Polagam village population of children with age 0-6 is 186 which makes up 9.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Polagam village is 1043 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Polagam as per census is 898, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Polagam village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Polagam village was 83.86 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Polagam Male literacy stands at 91.04 % while female literacy rate was 77.09 %.

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

Polagam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 541 - -
Population 1,933 946 987
Child (0-6) 186 98 88
Schedule Caste 806 396 410
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.86 % 91.04 % 77.09 %
Total Workers 848 538 310
Main Worker 412 - -
Marginal Worker 436 237 199

Caste Factor

In Polagam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 41.70 % of total population in Polagam village. The village Polagam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Polagam village out of total population, 848 were engaged in work activities. 48.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 848 workers engaged in Main Work, 75 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 156 were Agricultural labourer.