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Periakottakudi Population - Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu

Periakottakudi is a medium size village located in Karaikkudi Taluka of Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu with total 282 families residing. The Periakottakudi village has population of 1160 of which 602 are males while 558 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Periakottakudi village population of children with age 0-6 is 115 which makes up 9.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Periakottakudi village is 927 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Periakottakudi as per census is 1170, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Periakottakudi village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Periakottakudi village was 73.01 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Periakottakudi Male literacy stands at 80.87 % while female literacy rate was 64.31 %.

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

Periakottakudi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 282 - -
Population 1,160 602 558
Child (0-6) 115 53 62
Schedule Caste 523 262 261
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.01 % 80.87 % 64.31 %
Total Workers 609 387 222
Main Worker 583 - -
Marginal Worker 26 19 7

Caste Factor

In Periakottakudi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.09 % of total population in Periakottakudi village. The village Periakottakudi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Periakottakudi village out of total population, 609 were engaged in work activities. 95.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 609 workers engaged in Main Work, 329 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 110 were Agricultural labourer.