Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Mettur Population - Salem, Tamil Nadu

Mettur is a medium size village located in Vazhapadi Taluka of Salem district, Tamil Nadu with total 195 families residing. The Mettur village has population of 717 of which 366 are males while 351 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mettur village population of children with age 0-6 is 82 which makes up 11.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mettur village is 959 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Mettur as per census is 783, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Mettur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Mettur village was 78.58 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Mettur Male literacy stands at 84.06 % while female literacy rate was 73.02 %.

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

Mettur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 195 - -
Population 717 366 351
Child (0-6) 82 46 36
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.58 % 84.06 % 73.02 %
Total Workers 448 228 220
Main Worker 447 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Mettur village of Salem district.

Work Profile

In Mettur village out of total population, 448 were engaged in work activities. 99.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 448 workers engaged in Main Work, 437 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.