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Vallanghy Population - Palakkad, Kerala

Vallanghy is a large village located in Chittur Taluka of Palakkad district, Kerala with total 4246 families residing. The Vallanghy village has population of 17804 of which 8661 are males while 9143 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Vallanghy village population of children with age 0-6 is 1709 which makes up 9.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Vallanghy village is 1056 which is lower than Kerala state average of 1084. Child Sex Ratio for the Vallanghy as per census is 951, lower than Kerala average of 964.

Vallanghy village has lower literacy rate compared to Kerala. In 2011, literacy rate of Vallanghy village was 85.61 % compared to 94.00 % of Kerala. In Vallanghy Male literacy stands at 91.70 % while female literacy rate was 79.90 %.

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

Vallanghy Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 4,246 - -
Population 17,804 8,661 9,143
Child (0-6) 1,709 876 833
Schedule Caste 2,404 1,164 1,240
Schedule Tribe 155 78 77
Literacy 85.61 % 91.70 % 79.90 %
Total Workers 7,692 5,139 2,553
Main Worker 7,008 - -
Marginal Worker 684 275 409

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.50 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.87 % of total population in Vallanghy village.

Work Profile

In Vallanghy village out of total population, 7692 were engaged in work activities. 91.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 7692 workers engaged in Main Work, 465 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1966 were Agricultural labourer.