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Mecode Population - Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nadu

Mecode is a large village located in Kalkulam Taluka of Kanniyakumari district, Tamil Nadu with total 1405 families residing. The Mecode village has population of 5541 of which 2757 are males while 2784 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mecode village population of children with age 0-6 is 534 which makes up 9.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mecode village is 1010 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Mecode as per census is 993, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Mecode village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Mecode village was 87.90 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Mecode Male literacy stands at 89.96 % while female literacy rate was 85.86 %.

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

Mecode Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,405 - -
Population 5,541 2,757 2,784
Child (0-6) 534 268 266
Schedule Caste 16 8 8
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.90 % 89.96 % 85.86 %
Total Workers 2,054 1,699 355
Main Worker 1,953 - -
Marginal Worker 101 18 83

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.29 % of total population in Mecode village. The village Mecode currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mecode village out of total population, 2054 were engaged in work activities. 95.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2054 workers engaged in Main Work, 69 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 510 were Agricultural labourer.