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Porur Population - Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu

Porur is a medium size village located in Cheyyur Taluka of Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 305 families residing. The Porur village has population of 1191 of which 584 are males while 607 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Porur village population of children with age 0-6 is 95 which makes up 7.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Porur village is 1039 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Porur as per census is 792, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Porur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Porur village was 72.90 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Porur Male literacy stands at 81.17 % while female literacy rate was 65.13 %.

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

Porur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 305 - -
Population 1,191 584 607
Child (0-6) 95 53 42
Schedule Caste 720 362 358
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.90 % 81.17 % 65.13 %
Total Workers 584 357 227
Main Worker 376 - -
Marginal Worker 208 99 109

Caste Factor

In Porur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 60.45 % of total population in Porur village. The village Porur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Porur village out of total population, 584 were engaged in work activities. 64.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 584 workers engaged in Main Work, 81 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 195 were Agricultural labourer.