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Periyapagandai Population - Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu

Periyapagandai is a medium size village located in Sankarapuram Taluka of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 341 families residing. The Periyapagandai village has population of 1547 of which 778 are males while 769 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Periyapagandai village population of children with age 0-6 is 173 which makes up 11.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Periyapagandai village is 988 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Periyapagandai as per census is 1035, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Periyapagandai village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Periyapagandai village was 73.36 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Periyapagandai Male literacy stands at 83.12 % while female literacy rate was 63.44 %.

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

Periyapagandai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 341 - -
Population 1,547 778 769
Child (0-6) 173 85 88
Schedule Caste 902 471 431
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.36 % 83.12 % 63.44 %
Total Workers 873 507 366
Main Worker 711 - -
Marginal Worker 162 60 102

Caste Factor

In Periyapagandai village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 58.31 % of total population in Periyapagandai village. The village Periyapagandai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Periyapagandai village out of total population, 873 were engaged in work activities. 81.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 873 workers engaged in Main Work, 169 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 382 were Agricultural labourer.