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According to Census 2011 information the location code or village code of Somangalam village is 629242. Somangalam village is located in Sriperumbudur Tehsil of Kancheepuram district in Tamil Nadu, India.Kancheepuram and Sriperumbudur are the district & sub-district headquarters of Somangalam village respectively.As per 2009 stats, Somangalam village is also a gram panchayat.The total geographical area of village is 812.86 hectares. Somangalam has a total population of 4,376 peoples.There are about 1,088 houses in Somangalam village. Tambaram is nearest town to Somangalam which is approximately 10km away.

Latitude : 12.9524 N

Longitude : 80.0409 E

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Somangalam is a large village located in Sriperumbudur Taluka of Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 1088 families residing. The Somangalam village has population of 4376 of which 2199 are males while 2177 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Somangalam village population of children with age 0-6 is 526 which makes up 12.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Somangalam village is 990 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996.Child Sex Ratio for the Somangalam as per census is 920, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Somangalam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Somangalam village was 79.14 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Somangalam Male literacy stands at 86.75 % while female literacy rate was 71.53%.

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

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.74 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.02 % of total population in Somangalam village.

In Somangalam village out of total population, 1728 were engaged in work activities. 87.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1728 workers engaged in Main Work, 87 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 189 were Agricultural labourer.