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Palur Population - Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu

Palur is a medium size village located in Cheyyur Taluka of Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 204 families residing. The Palur village has population of 840 of which 449 are males while 391 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palur village population of children with age 0-6 is 99 which makes up 11.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palur village is 871 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Palur as per census is 650, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Palur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Palur village was 66.53 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Palur Male literacy stands at 74.04 % while female literacy rate was 58.24 %.

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

Palur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 204 - -
Population 840 449 391
Child (0-6) 99 60 39
Schedule Caste 468 256 212
Schedule Tribe 29 17 12
Literacy 66.53 % 74.04 % 58.24 %
Total Workers 351 281 70
Main Worker 307 - -
Marginal Worker 44 20 24

Caste Factor

In Palur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 55.71 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 3.45 % of total population in Palur village.

Work Profile

In Palur village out of total population, 351 were engaged in work activities. 87.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 351 workers engaged in Main Work, 51 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 157 were Agricultural labourer.