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

Vadakarapathy is a village situated in Chittur taluka of Palakkad district in Kerala. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 4,458 families residing in the village Vadakarapathy. The total population of Vadakarapathy is 17,717 out of which 8,866 are males and 8,851 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Vadakarapathy is 998.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Vadakarapathy village is 1669 which is 9% of the total population. There are 837 male children and 832 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Vadakarapathy is 994 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (998) of Vadakarapathy village.

Population
17,717
Families
4,458
Literacy
81.77%
Sex Ratio
998

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Vadakarapathy is 81.8%. Thus Vadakarapathy village has higher literacy rate compared to 79.7% of Palakkad district. The male literacy rate is 87.99% and the female literacy rate is 75.53% in Vadakarapathy village.

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

Vadakarapathy Data as per Census 2011

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

Total Male Female
Children 1,669 837 832
Literacy 81.77% 87.99% 75.53%
Scheduled Caste 843 428 415
Scheduled Tribe 228 119 109
Illiterate 4,595 1,801 2,794

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.8% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.3% of total population in Vadakarapathy village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Vadakarapathy village out of total population, 8,925 were engaged in work activities. 79% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 8,925 workers engaged in Main Work, 991 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2,040 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 7,051 4,622 2,429
Cultivators 991 656 335
Agriculture Labourer 2,040 1,070 970
Household Industries 258 134 124
Other Workers 3,762 2,762 1,000
Marginal Workers 1,874 889 985
Non Working 8,792 3,355 5,437

Nearby Villages to Vadakarapathy,

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

Village Population
Kozhinjampara 12,311
Ozhalapathy 8,742
Nalleppilly 14,361
Eruthempathy 9,469
Thekkedesom 13,108
Kozhipathy 12,265
Chittur 5,244
Valiyavallampathy 12,864
Thathamangalam 7,306
Moolathara 9,764

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