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Palayam Population - Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu

Palayam is a medium size village located in Harur Taluka of Dharmapuri district, Tamil Nadu with total 127 families residing. The Palayam village has population of 489 of which 256 are males while 233 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palayam village population of children with age 0-6 is 47 which makes up 9.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palayam village is 910 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Palayam as per census is 1043, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Palayam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Palayam village was 69.68 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Palayam Male literacy stands at 74.25 % while female literacy rate was 64.59 %.

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

Palayam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 127 - -
Population 489 256 233
Child (0-6) 47 23 24
Schedule Caste 65 31 34
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.68 % 74.25 % 64.59 %
Total Workers 259 150 109
Main Worker 248 - -
Marginal Worker 11 6 5

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.29 % of total population in Palayam village. The village Palayam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palayam village out of total population, 259 were engaged in work activities. 95.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 259 workers engaged in Main Work, 165 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.