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Peraiyur Population - Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu

Peraiyur is a medium size village located in Thirumayam Taluka of Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu with total 206 families residing. The Peraiyur village has population of 805 of which 397 are males while 408 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Peraiyur village population of children with age 0-6 is 78 which makes up 9.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Peraiyur village is 1028 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Peraiyur as per census is 733, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Peraiyur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Peraiyur village was 67.68 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Peraiyur Male literacy stands at 76.99 % while female literacy rate was 58.93 %.

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

Peraiyur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 206 - -
Population 805 397 408
Child (0-6) 78 45 33
Schedule Caste 201 104 97
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.68 % 76.99 % 58.93 %
Total Workers 456 225 231
Main Worker 82 - -
Marginal Worker 374 180 194

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.97 % of total population in Peraiyur village. The village Peraiyur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Peraiyur village out of total population, 456 were engaged in work activities. 17.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 82.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 456 workers engaged in Main Work, 17 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.