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Kengarai Population - The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu

Kengarai is a large village located in Kotagiri Taluka of The Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu with total 1971 families residing. The Kengarai village has population of 6820 of which 3348 are males while 3472 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kengarai village population of children with age 0-6 is 526 which makes up 7.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kengarai village is 1037 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Kengarai as per census is 783, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Kengarai village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Kengarai village was 80.87 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Kengarai Male literacy stands at 92.04 % while female literacy rate was 70.35 %.

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

Kengarai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,971 - -
Population 6,820 3,348 3,472
Child (0-6) 526 295 231
Schedule Caste 1,442 701 741
Schedule Tribe 797 388 409
Literacy 80.87 % 92.04 % 70.35 %
Total Workers 4,093 2,103 1,990
Main Worker 3,768 - -
Marginal Worker 325 155 170

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.14 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 11.69 % of total population in Kengarai village.

Work Profile

In Kengarai village out of total population, 4093 were engaged in work activities. 92.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 4093 workers engaged in Main Work, 140 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1471 were Agricultural labourer.