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Mettathur Population - Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu

Mettathur is a medium size village located in Ulundurpettai Taluka of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 295 families residing. The Mettathur village has population of 1201 of which 632 are males while 569 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mettathur village population of children with age 0-6 is 156 which makes up 12.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mettathur village is 900 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Mettathur as per census is 975, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Mettathur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Mettathur village was 70.91 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Mettathur Male literacy stands at 84.81 % while female literacy rate was 55.28 %.

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

Mettathur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 295 - -
Population 1,201 632 569
Child (0-6) 156 79 77
Schedule Caste 671 338 333
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.91 % 84.81 % 55.28 %
Total Workers 551 346 205
Main Worker 335 - -
Marginal Worker 216 73 143

Caste Factor

In Mettathur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 55.87 % of total population in Mettathur village. The village Mettathur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mettathur village out of total population, 551 were engaged in work activities. 60.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 551 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 120 were Agricultural labourer.