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Mettupalayam Population - Vellore, Tamil Nadu

Mettupalayam is a medium size village located in Vellore Taluka of Vellore district, Tamil Nadu with total 307 families residing. The Mettupalayam village has population of 1298 of which 621 are males while 677 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mettupalayam village population of children with age 0-6 is 110 which makes up 8.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mettupalayam village is 1090 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Mettupalayam as per census is 1037, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Mettupalayam village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Mettupalayam village was 81.65 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Mettupalayam Male literacy stands at 91.01 % while female literacy rate was 73.11 %.

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 307 - -
Population 1,298 621 677
Child (0-6) 110 54 56
Schedule Caste 520 257 263
Schedule Tribe 4 2 2
Literacy 81.65 % 91.01 % 73.11 %
Total Workers 579 339 240
Main Worker 248 - -
Marginal Worker 331 140 191

Caste Factor

In Mettupalayam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.06 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.31 % of total population in Mettupalayam village.

Work Profile

In Mettupalayam village out of total population, 579 were engaged in work activities. 42.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 579 workers engaged in Main Work, 76 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 71 were Agricultural labourer.