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Vathalamalai Population - Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu

Vathalamalai is a medium size village located in Dharmapuri Taluka of Dharmapuri district, Tamil Nadu with total 371 families residing. The Vathalamalai village has population of 1733 of which 892 are males while 841 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Vathalamalai village population of children with age 0-6 is 266 which makes up 15.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Vathalamalai village is 943 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Vathalamalai as per census is 785, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Vathalamalai village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Vathalamalai village was 39.26 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Vathalamalai Male literacy stands at 44.41 % while female literacy rate was 33.98 %.

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

Vathalamalai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 371 - -
Population 1,733 892 841
Child (0-6) 266 149 117
Schedule Caste 2 1 1
Schedule Tribe 1,698 873 825
Literacy 39.26 % 44.41 % 33.98 %
Total Workers 1,048 534 514
Main Worker 704 - -
Marginal Worker 344 149 195

Caste Factor

In Vathalamalai village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.98 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.12 % of total population in Vathalamalai village.

Work Profile

In Vathalamalai village out of total population, 1048 were engaged in work activities. 67.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1048 workers engaged in Main Work, 347 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 89 were Agricultural labourer.