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Malaikandan Population - Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu

Malaikandan is a medium size village located in Karaikkudi Taluka of Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu with total 149 families residing. The Malaikandan village has population of 466 of which 223 are males while 243 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Malaikandan village population of children with age 0-6 is 40 which makes up 8.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Malaikandan village is 1090 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Malaikandan as per census is 739, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Malaikandan village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Malaikandan village was 77.70 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Malaikandan Male literacy stands at 85.50 % while female literacy rate was 70.80 %.

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

Malaikandan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 149 - -
Population 466 223 243
Child (0-6) 40 23 17
Schedule Caste 20 8 12
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.70 % 85.50 % 70.80 %
Total Workers 251 137 114
Main Worker 236 - -
Marginal Worker 15 6 9

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.29 % of total population in Malaikandan village. The village Malaikandan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Malaikandan village out of total population, 251 were engaged in work activities. 94.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 251 workers engaged in Main Work, 198 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.