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Palappattu Population - Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu

Palappattu is a medium size village located in Panruti Taluka of Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu with total 287 families residing. The Palappattu village has population of 1230 of which 619 are males while 611 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palappattu village population of children with age 0-6 is 185 which makes up 15.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palappattu village is 987 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Palappattu as per census is 1011, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Palappattu village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Palappattu village was 59.90 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Palappattu Male literacy stands at 69.45 % while female literacy rate was 50.19 %.

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

Palappattu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 287 - -
Population 1,230 619 611
Child (0-6) 185 92 93
Schedule Caste 1,206 607 599
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 59.90 % 69.45 % 50.19 %
Total Workers 883 446 437
Main Worker 535 - -
Marginal Worker 348 146 202

Caste Factor

In Palappattu village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 98.05 % of total population in Palappattu village. The village Palappattu currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palappattu village out of total population, 883 were engaged in work activities. 60.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 883 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 494 were Agricultural labourer.