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'''Meethikudi Village - Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu..

Meethikudi is small village located in Chidambaram Taluka of Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu with total 273 families residing. The Meethikudi village has population of 1079 of which 546 are males while 533 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meethikudi village population of children with age 0-6 is 135 which makes up 12.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meethikudi village is 976 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Meethikudi as per census is 800, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Meethikudi village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Meethikudi village was 86.76 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Meethikudi Male literacy stands at 92.78 % while female literacy rate was 80.76 %.

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

Caste Factor In Meethikudi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) and Most Backward Caste(MBC), constitutes 44.39 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.59 % of total population in Meethikudi village.

Work Profile In Meethikudi village out of total population, 469 were engaged in work activities. 96.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 469 workers engaged in Main Work, 117 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 132 were Agricultural labourer.