Parukkal is a medium size village located in Cheyyur Taluka of Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 332 families residing. The Parukkal village has population of 1398 of which 706 are males while 692 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Parukkal village population of children with age 0-6 is 129 which makes up 9.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Parukkal village is 980 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Parukkal as per census is 654, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.
Parukkal village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Parukkal village was 71.16 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Parukkal Male literacy stands at 78.50 % while female literacy rate was 63.96 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Parukkal 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 Parukkal village.
Parukkal Data
| Particulars |
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Total No. of Houses |
332 |
- |
- |
| Population |
1,398 |
706 |
692 |
| Child (0-6) |
129 |
78 |
51 |
| Schedule Caste |
819 |
409 |
410 |
| Schedule Tribe |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Literacy |
71.16 % |
78.50 % |
63.96 % |
| Total Workers |
596 |
404 |
192 |
| Main Worker |
181 |
- |
- |
| Marginal Worker |
415 |
300 |
115 |
Caste Factor
In Parukkal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC).
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 58.58 % of total population in Parukkal village.
The village Parukkal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.
Work Profile
In Parukkal village out of total population, 596 were engaged in work activities. 30.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 69.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Of 596 workers engaged in Main Work, 18 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 33 were Agricultural labourer.