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Palappadi Population - Salem, Tamil Nadu

Palappadi is a medium size village located in Vazhapadi Taluka of Salem district, Tamil Nadu with total 219 families residing. The Palappadi village has population of 869 of which 440 are males while 429 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palappadi village population of children with age 0-6 is 129 which makes up 14.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palappadi village is 975 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Palappadi as per census is 843, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Palappadi village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Palappadi village was 44.46 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Palappadi Male literacy stands at 49.73 % while female literacy rate was 39.19 %.

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

Palappadi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 219 - -
Population 869 440 429
Child (0-6) 129 70 59
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 851 430 421
Literacy 44.46 % 49.73 % 39.19 %
Total Workers 544 271 273
Main Worker 532 - -
Marginal Worker 12 5 7

Caste Factor

In Palappadi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.93 % of total population in Palappadi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Palappadi village of Salem.

Work Profile

In Palappadi village out of total population, 544 were engaged in work activities. 97.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 544 workers engaged in Main Work, 434 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 94 were Agricultural labourer.