Keeraikkadu Population - Salem, Tamil Nadu

Keeraikkadu is a medium size village located in Yercaud Taluka of Salem district, Tamil Nadu with total 82 families residing. The Keeraikkadu village has population of 279 of which 135 are males while 144 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Keeraikkadu village population of children with age 0-6 is 22 which makes up 7.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Keeraikkadu village is 1067 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Keeraikkadu as per census is 1200, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Keeraikkadu village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Keeraikkadu village was 52.92 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Keeraikkadu Male literacy stands at 64.80 % while female literacy rate was 41.67 %.

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

Keeraikkadu Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	82	-	-
Population	279	135	144
Child (0-6)	22	10	12
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	253	120	133
Literacy	52.92 %	64.80 %	41.67 %
Total Workers	174	82	92
Main Worker	172	-	-
Marginal Worker	2	1	1

Caste Factor

In Keeraikkadu village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 90.68 % of total population in Keeraikkadu village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Keeraikkadu village of Salem.

Work Profile

In Keeraikkadu village out of total population, 174 were engaged in work activities. 98.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 174 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.