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Meppathurai Population - Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu

Meppathurai is a medium size village located in Tiruvannamalai Taluka of Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu with total 262 families residing. The Meppathurai village has population of 1072 of which 557 are males while 515 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meppathurai village population of children with age 0-6 is 145 which makes up 13.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meppathurai village is 925 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Meppathurai as per census is 1132, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Meppathurai village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Meppathurai village was 71.31 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Meppathurai Male literacy stands at 79.14 % while female literacy rate was 62.56 %.

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

Meppathurai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 262 - -
Population 1,072 557 515
Child (0-6) 145 68 77
Schedule Caste 484 247 237
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.31 % 79.14 % 62.56 %
Total Workers 542 335 207
Main Worker 300 - -
Marginal Worker 242 111 131

Caste Factor

In Meppathurai village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.15 % of total population in Meppathurai village. The village Meppathurai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Meppathurai village out of total population, 542 were engaged in work activities. 55.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 542 workers engaged in Main Work, 177 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.