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Kovilur Population - Salem, Tamil Nadu

Kovilur is a medium size village located in Yercaud Taluka of Salem district, Tamil Nadu with total 158 families residing. The Kovilur village has population of 625 of which 313 are males while 312 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kovilur village population of children with age 0-6 is 79 which makes up 12.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kovilur village is 997 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Kovilur as per census is 927, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Kovilur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Kovilur village was 37.73 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Kovilur Male literacy stands at 47.43 % while female literacy rate was 28.10 %.

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

Kovilur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 158 - -
Population 625 313 312
Child (0-6) 79 41 38
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 619 309 310
Literacy 37.73 % 47.43 % 28.10 %
Total Workers 343 201 142
Main Worker 342 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

In Kovilur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.04 % of total population in Kovilur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kovilur village of Salem.

Work Profile

In Kovilur village out of total population, 343 were engaged in work activities. 99.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 343 workers engaged in Main Work, 144 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 182 were Agricultural labourer.