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Mettupalayam Population - Perambalur, Tamil Nadu

Mettupalayam is a medium size village located in Veppanthattai Taluka of Perambalur district, Tamil Nadu with total 307 families residing. The Mettupalayam village has population of 1024 of which 504 are males while 520 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mettupalayam village population of children with age 0-6 is 119 which makes up 11.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mettupalayam village is 1032 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Mettupalayam as per census is 859, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Mettupalayam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Mettupalayam village was 54.92 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Mettupalayam Male literacy stands at 62.95 % while female literacy rate was 47.31 %.

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 1,024 504 520
Child (0-6) 119 64 55
Schedule Caste 329 168 161
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 54.92 % 62.95 % 47.31 %
Total Workers 564 312 252
Main Worker 559 - -
Marginal Worker 5 3 2

Caste Factor

Mettupalayam village of Perambalur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.13 % of total population in Mettupalayam village. The village Mettupalayam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mettupalayam village out of total population, 564 were engaged in work activities. 99.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 564 workers engaged in Main Work, 253 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 258 were Agricultural labourer.