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Virachchipalayam Population - Salem, Tamil Nadu

Virachchipalayam is a medium size village located in Sankari Taluka of Salem district, Tamil Nadu with total 352 families residing. The Virachchipalayam village has population of 1272 of which 631 are males while 641 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Virachchipalayam village population of children with age 0-6 is 79 which makes up 6.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Virachchipalayam village is 1016 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Virachchipalayam as per census is 881, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Virachchipalayam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Virachchipalayam village was 67.31 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Virachchipalayam Male literacy stands at 75.55 % while female literacy rate was 59.27 %.

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

Virachchipalayam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 352 - -
Population 1,272 631 641
Child (0-6) 79 42 37
Schedule Caste 482 255 227
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.31 % 75.55 % 59.27 %
Total Workers 730 422 308
Main Worker 571 - -
Marginal Worker 159 41 118

Caste Factor

In Virachchipalayam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.89 % of total population in Virachchipalayam village. The village Virachchipalayam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Virachchipalayam village out of total population, 730 were engaged in work activities. 78.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 730 workers engaged in Main Work, 143 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 30 were Agricultural labourer.