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Karkalathur Population - Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu

Karkalathur is a medium size village located in Devakottai Taluka of Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu with total 485 families residing. The Karkalathur village has population of 1928 of which 978 are males while 950 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karkalathur village population of children with age 0-6 is 157 which makes up 8.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karkalathur village is 971 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Karkalathur as per census is 1181, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Karkalathur village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Karkalathur village was 82.10 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Karkalathur Male literacy stands at 93.05 % while female literacy rate was 70.64 %.

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

Karkalathur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 485 - -
Population 1,928 978 950
Child (0-6) 157 72 85
Schedule Caste 648 341 307
Schedule Tribe 163 78 85
Literacy 82.10 % 93.05 % 70.64 %
Total Workers 1,175 618 557
Main Worker 438 - -
Marginal Worker 737 395 342

Caste Factor

Karkalathur village of Sivaganga has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.61 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 8.45 % of total population in Karkalathur village.

Work Profile

In Karkalathur village out of total population, 1175 were engaged in work activities. 37.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 62.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1175 workers engaged in Main Work, 376 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.