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Sayamalai Population - Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu

Sayamalai is a large village located in Sankarankoil Taluka of Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu with total 1459 families residing. The Sayamalai village has population of 5504 of which 2706 are males while 2798 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sayamalai village population of children with age 0-6 is 563 which makes up 10.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sayamalai village is 1034 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Sayamalai as per census is 1040, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Sayamalai village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Sayamalai village was 67.94 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Sayamalai Male literacy stands at 77.24 % while female literacy rate was 58.94 %.

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

Sayamalai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,459 - -
Population 5,504 2,706 2,798
Child (0-6) 563 276 287
Schedule Caste 1,028 484 544
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.94 % 77.24 % 58.94 %
Total Workers 2,995 1,630 1,365
Main Worker 2,364 - -
Marginal Worker 631 257 374

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.68 % of total population in Sayamalai village. The village Sayamalai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sayamalai village out of total population, 2995 were engaged in work activities. 78.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2995 workers engaged in Main Work, 517 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1455 were Agricultural labourer.