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Porakkudi Population - Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu

Porakkudi is a medium size village located in Papanasam Taluka of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu with total 247 families residing. The Porakkudi village has population of 1039 of which 541 are males while 498 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Porakkudi village population of children with age 0-6 is 142 which makes up 13.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Porakkudi village is 921 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Porakkudi as per census is 651, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Porakkudi village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Porakkudi village was 77.70 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Porakkudi Male literacy stands at 87.47 % while female literacy rate was 67.65 %.

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

Porakkudi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 247 - -
Population 1,039 541 498
Child (0-6) 142 86 56
Schedule Caste 866 450 416
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.70 % 87.47 % 67.65 %
Total Workers 533 308 225
Main Worker 362 - -
Marginal Worker 171 68 103

Caste Factor

In Porakkudi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 83.35 % of total population in Porakkudi village. The village Porakkudi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Porakkudi village out of total population, 533 were engaged in work activities. 67.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 533 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 255 were Agricultural labourer.