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Karikathur Population - Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu

Karikathur is a medium size village located in Polur Taluka of Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu with total 285 families residing. The Karikathur village has population of 1054 of which 530 are males while 524 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karikathur village population of children with age 0-6 is 131 which makes up 12.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karikathur village is 989 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Karikathur as per census is 926, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Karikathur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Karikathur village was 55.47 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Karikathur Male literacy stands at 62.12 % while female literacy rate was 48.81 %.

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

Karikathur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 285 - -
Population 1,054 530 524
Child (0-6) 131 68 63
Schedule Caste 8 3 5
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 55.47 % 62.12 % 48.81 %
Total Workers 569 305 264
Main Worker 393 - -
Marginal Worker 176 59 117

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.76 % of total population in Karikathur village. The village Karikathur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Karikathur village out of total population, 569 were engaged in work activities. 69.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 569 workers engaged in Main Work, 128 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 88 were Agricultural labourer.