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Durgam Population - Vellore, Tamil Nadu

Durgam is a medium size village located in Arcot Taluka of Vellore district, Tamil Nadu with total 441 families residing. The Durgam village has population of 1776 of which 893 are males while 883 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Durgam village population of children with age 0-6 is 215 which makes up 12.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Durgam village is 989 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Durgam as per census is 991, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Durgam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Durgam village was 78.35 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Durgam Male literacy stands at 87.13 % while female literacy rate was 69.46 %.

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

Durgam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 441 - -
Population 1,776 893 883
Child (0-6) 215 108 107
Schedule Caste 724 371 353
Schedule Tribe 30 15 15
Literacy 78.35 % 87.13 % 69.46 %
Total Workers 863 497 366
Main Worker 537 - -
Marginal Worker 326 164 162

Caste Factor

In Durgam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.77 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.69 % of total population in Durgam village.

Work Profile

In Durgam village out of total population, 863 were engaged in work activities. 62.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 863 workers engaged in Main Work, 154 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 259 were Agricultural labourer.