Mahadanam is a medium size village located in Nagapattinam Taluka of Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu with total 390 families residing. The Mahadanam village has population of 1486 of which 744 are males while 742 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Mahadanam village population of children with age 0-6 is 154 which makes up 10.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahadanam village is 997 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahadanam as per census is 1139, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.
Mahadanam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahadanam village was 79.58 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Mahadanam Male literacy stands at 89.29 % while female literacy rate was 69.70 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Mahadanam 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 Mahadanam village.
Mahadanam Data
| Particulars |
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Total No. of Houses |
390 |
- |
- |
| Population |
1,486 |
744 |
742 |
| Child (0-6) |
154 |
72 |
82 |
| Schedule Caste |
1,017 |
519 |
498 |
| Schedule Tribe |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Literacy |
79.58 % |
89.29 % |
69.70 % |
| Total Workers |
790 |
448 |
342 |
| Main Worker |
435 |
- |
- |
| Marginal Worker |
355 |
207 |
148 |
Caste Factor
In Mahadanam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC).
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 68.44 % of total population in Mahadanam village.
The village Mahadanam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.
Work Profile
In Mahadanam village out of total population, 790 were engaged in work activities. 55.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Of 790 workers engaged in Main Work, 398 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.