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Orikottai Population - Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu

Orikottai is a medium size village located in Tiruvadanai Taluka of Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 366 families residing. The Orikottai village has population of 1346 of which 672 are males while 674 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Orikottai village population of children with age 0-6 is 103 which makes up 7.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Orikottai village is 1003 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Orikottai as per census is 1341, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Orikottai village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Orikottai village was 75.22 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Orikottai Male literacy stands at 85.99 % while female literacy rate was 64.23 %.

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

Orikottai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 366 - -
Population 1,346 672 674
Child (0-6) 103 44 59
Schedule Caste 302 146 156
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.22 % 85.99 % 64.23 %
Total Workers 730 407 323
Main Worker 443 - -
Marginal Worker 287 157 130

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.44 % of total population in Orikottai village. The village Orikottai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Orikottai village out of total population, 730 were engaged in work activities. 60.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 730 workers engaged in Main Work, 220 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 165 were Agricultural labourer.