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Dharmapuram Population - Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nadu

Dharmapuram is a large village located in Agastheeswaram Taluka of Kanniyakumari district, Tamil Nadu with total 1643 families residing. The Dharmapuram village has population of 6196 of which 3000 are males while 3196 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dharmapuram village population of children with age 0-6 is 743 which makes up 11.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dharmapuram village is 1065 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Dharmapuram as per census is 881, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Dharmapuram village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Dharmapuram village was 93.49 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Dharmapuram Male literacy stands at 94.36 % while female literacy rate was 92.70 %.

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

Dharmapuram Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,643 - -
Population 6,196 3,000 3,196
Child (0-6) 743 395 348
Schedule Caste 76 43 33
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 93.49 % 94.36 % 92.70 %
Total Workers 1,895 1,596 299
Main Worker 1,493 - -
Marginal Worker 402 268 134

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.23 % of total population in Dharmapuram village. The village Dharmapuram currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dharmapuram village out of total population, 1895 were engaged in work activities. 78.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1895 workers engaged in Main Work, 27 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 122 were Agricultural labourer.