Arangam Population - Salem, Tamil Nadu

Arangam is a medium size village located in Yercaud Taluka of Salem district, Tamil Nadu with total 151 families residing. The Arangam village has population of 600 of which 280 are males while 320 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Arangam village population of children with age 0-6 is 79 which makes up 13.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Arangam village is 1143 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Arangam as per census is 1257, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Arangam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Arangam village was 37.81 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Arangam Male literacy stands at 45.71 % while female literacy rate was 30.80 %.

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

Arangam Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	151	-	-
Population	600	280	320
Child (0-6)	79	35	44
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	595	277	318
Literacy	37.81 %	45.71 %	30.80 %
Total Workers	346	184	162
Main Worker	336	-	-
Marginal Worker	10	3	7

Caste Factor

In Arangam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.17 % of total population in Arangam village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Arangam village of Salem.

Work Profile

In Arangam village out of total population, 346 were engaged in work activities. 97.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 346 workers engaged in Main Work, 51 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 265 were Agricultural labourer.