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Porikkal Population - Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu

Porikkal is a medium size village located in Tiruvannamalai Taluka of Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu with total 198 families residing. The Porikkal village has population of 932 of which 472 are males while 460 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Porikkal village population of children with age 0-6 is 89 which makes up 9.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Porikkal village is 975 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Porikkal as per census is 935, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Porikkal village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Porikkal village was 78.05 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Porikkal Male literacy stands at 85.68 % while female literacy rate was 70.26 %.

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

Porikkal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 198 - -
Population 932 472 460
Child (0-6) 89 46 43
Schedule Caste 241 123 118
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.05 % 85.68 % 70.26 %
Total Workers 501 287 214
Main Worker 493 - -
Marginal Worker 8 4 4

Caste Factor

Porikkal village of Tiruvannamalai has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.86 % of total population in Porikkal village. The village Porikkal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Porikkal village out of total population, 501 were engaged in work activities. 98.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 501 workers engaged in Main Work, 66 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 396 were Agricultural labourer.