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Kandilan Population - Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu

Kandilan is a large village located in Mudukulathur Taluka of Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 591 families residing. The Kandilan village has population of 2410 of which 1210 are males while 1200 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kandilan village population of children with age 0-6 is 223 which makes up 9.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kandilan village is 992 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Kandilan as per census is 652, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Kandilan village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Kandilan village was 70.14 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Kandilan Male literacy stands at 78.98 % while female literacy rate was 61.60 %.

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

Kandilan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 591 - -
Population 2,410 1,210 1,200
Child (0-6) 223 135 88
Schedule Caste 627 331 296
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.14 % 78.98 % 61.60 %
Total Workers 1,331 693 638
Main Worker 1,255 - -
Marginal Worker 76 29 47

Caste Factor

Kandilan village of Ramanathapuram has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.02 % of total population in Kandilan village. The village Kandilan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kandilan village out of total population, 1331 were engaged in work activities. 94.29 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.71 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1331 workers engaged in Main Work, 890 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 229 were Agricultural labourer.