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Maruthur Population - Salem, Tamil Nadu

Maruthur is a small village located in Yercaud Taluka of Salem district, Tamil Nadu with total 34 families residing. The Maruthur village has population of 131 of which 70 are males while 61 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maruthur village population of children with age 0-6 is 18 which makes up 13.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maruthur village is 871 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Maruthur as per census is 1000, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Maruthur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Maruthur village was 31.86 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Maruthur Male literacy stands at 40.98 % while female literacy rate was 21.15 %.

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

Maruthur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 34 - -
Population 131 70 61
Child (0-6) 18 9 9
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 131 70 61
Literacy 31.86 % 40.98 % 21.15 %
Total Workers 83 47 36
Main Worker 83 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Maruthur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Maruthur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Maruthur village of Salem.

Work Profile

In Maruthur village out of total population, 83 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 83 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 32 were Agricultural labourer.