Thekkedesom Population, Caste, Working Data Palakkad, Kerala - Census 2011

Thekkedesom is a village situated in Chittur taluka of Palakkad district in Kerala. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 3,131 families residing in the village Thekkedesom. The total population of Thekkedesom is 13,108 out of which 6,430 are males and 6,678 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Thekkedesom is 1,039.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Thekkedesom village is 1199 which is 9% of the total population. There are 635 male children and 564 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Thekkedesom is 888 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (1,039) of Thekkedesom village.

Population
13,108
Families
3,131
Literacy
77.71%
Sex Ratio
1,039

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Thekkedesom is 77.7%. Thus Thekkedesom village has lower literacy rate compared to 79.7% of Palakkad district. The male literacy rate is 85.04% and the female literacy rate is 70.76% in Thekkedesom village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Thekkedesom village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Thekkedesom Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Thekkedesom village.

Total Male Female
Children 1,199 635 564
Literacy 77.71% 85.04% 70.76%
Scheduled Caste 2,725 1,332 1,393
Scheduled Tribe 95 47 48
Illiterate 3,854 1,502 2,352

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.8% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.7% of total population in Thekkedesom village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Thekkedesom village out of total population, 6,557 were engaged in work activities. 88.5% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.5% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 6,557 workers engaged in Main Work, 652 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2,980 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 5,803 3,831 1,972
Cultivators 652 531 121
Agriculture Labourer 2,980 1,494 1,486
Household Industries 34 22 12
Other Workers 2,137 1,784 353
Marginal Workers 754 286 468
Non Working 6,551 2,313 4,238

Nearby Villages to Thekkedesom,

Below are the list of villages near Thekkedesom village in Chittur.

Village Population
Chittur 5,244
Nalleppilly 14,361
Thathamangalam 7,306
Kozhinjampara 12,311
Koduvayur-II 8,494
Vadakarapathy 17,717
Ozhalapathy 8,742
Eruthempathy 9,469
Kozhipathy 12,265
Valiyavallampathy 12,864

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