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Pedagam Population - Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu

Pedagam is a large village located in Viluppuram Taluka of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 845 families residing. The Pedagam village has population of 3667 of which 1786 are males while 1881 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pedagam village population of children with age 0-6 is 436 which makes up 11.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pedagam village is 1053 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Pedagam as per census is 1158, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Pedagam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Pedagam village was 73.79 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Pedagam Male literacy stands at 83.46 % while female literacy rate was 64.48 %.

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

Pedagam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 845 - -
Population 3,667 1,786 1,881
Child (0-6) 436 202 234
Schedule Caste 795 385 410
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.79 % 83.46 % 64.48 %
Total Workers 1,981 1,124 857
Main Worker 1,514 - -
Marginal Worker 467 202 265

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.68 % of total population in Pedagam village. The village Pedagam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pedagam village out of total population, 1981 were engaged in work activities. 76.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1981 workers engaged in Main Work, 159 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 727 were Agricultural labourer.