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Mettupalayam Population - Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

Mettupalayam is a medium size village located in Pollachi Taluka of Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu with total 485 families residing. The Mettupalayam village has population of 1546 of which 754 are males while 792 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mettupalayam village population of children with age 0-6 is 111 which makes up 7.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mettupalayam village is 1050 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Mettupalayam as per census is 982, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Mettupalayam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Mettupalayam village was 74.98 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Mettupalayam Male literacy stands at 84.24 % while female literacy rate was 66.21 %.

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

Mettupalayam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 485 - -
Population 1,546 754 792
Child (0-6) 111 56 55
Schedule Caste 298 152 146
Schedule Tribe 10 8 2
Literacy 74.98 % 84.24 % 66.21 %
Total Workers 882 512 370
Main Worker 817 - -
Marginal Worker 65 17 48

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.28 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.65 % of total population in Mettupalayam village.

Work Profile

In Mettupalayam village out of total population, 882 were engaged in work activities. 92.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 882 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 283 were Agricultural labourer.