Dhanam Population - Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu

Dhanam is a medium size village located in Ulundurpettai Taluka of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 217 families residing. The Dhanam village has population of 1066 of which 537 are males while 529 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhanam village population of children with age 0-6 is 141 which makes up 13.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhanam village is 985 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhanam as per census is 831, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Dhanam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhanam village was 65.84 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Dhanam Male literacy stands at 74.35 % while female literacy rate was 57.42 %.

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

Dhanam Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	217	-	-
Population	1,066	537	529
Child (0-6)	141	77	64
Schedule Caste	545	277	268
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	65.84 %	74.35 %	57.42 %
Total Workers	621	305	316
Main Worker	584	-	-
Marginal Worker	37	7	30

Caste Factor

In Dhanam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 51.13 % of total population in Dhanam village. The village Dhanam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhanam village out of total population, 621 were engaged in work activities. 94.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 621 workers engaged in Main Work, 188 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 388 were Agricultural labourer.