Jerugumalai Population - Salem, Tamil Nadu

Jerugumalai is a medium size village located in Salem Taluka of Salem district, Tamil Nadu with total 188 families residing. The Jerugumalai village has population of 824 of which 431 are males while 393 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jerugumalai village population of children with age 0-6 is 107 which makes up 12.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jerugumalai village is 912 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Jerugumalai as per census is 754, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Jerugumalai village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Jerugumalai village was 48.95 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Jerugumalai Male literacy stands at 62.70 % while female literacy rate was 34.29 %.

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

Jerugumalai Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	188	-	-
Population	824	431	393
Child (0-6)	107	61	46
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	818	427	391
Literacy	48.95 %	62.70 %	34.29 %
Total Workers	261	254	7
Main Worker	251	-	-
Marginal Worker	10	4	6

Caste Factor

In Jerugumalai village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.27 % of total population in Jerugumalai village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jerugumalai village of Salem.

Work Profile

In Jerugumalai village out of total population, 261 were engaged in work activities. 96.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 261 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 242 were Agricultural labourer.