Poragal Population - Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu

Poragal is a medium size village located in Maduranthakam Taluka of Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 206 families residing. The Poragal village has population of 860 of which 452 are males while 408 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Poragal village population of children with age 0-6 is 105 which makes up 12.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Poragal village is 903 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Poragal as per census is 750, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Poragal village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Poragal village was 78.68 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Poragal Male literacy stands at 85.71 % while female literacy rate was 71.07 %.

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

Poragal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	206	-	-
Population	860	452	408
Child (0-6)	105	60	45
Schedule Caste	751	392	359
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	78.68 %	85.71 %	71.07 %
Total Workers	477	246	231
Main Worker	222	-	-
Marginal Worker	255	57	198

Caste Factor

In Poragal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 87.33 % of total population in Poragal village. The village Poragal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Poragal village out of total population, 477 were engaged in work activities. 46.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 477 workers engaged in Main Work, 53 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 41 were Agricultural labourer.