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Nerkunam Population - Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu

Nerkunam is a medium size village located in Tindivanam Taluka of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 220 families residing. The Nerkunam village has population of 972 of which 505 are males while 467 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nerkunam village population of children with age 0-6 is 74 which makes up 7.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nerkunam village is 925 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Nerkunam as per census is 1000, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Nerkunam village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Nerkunam village was 81.29 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Nerkunam Male literacy stands at 86.75 % while female literacy rate was 75.35 %.

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

Nerkunam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 220 - -
Population 972 505 467
Child (0-6) 74 37 37
Schedule Caste 424 218 206
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.29 % 86.75 % 75.35 %
Total Workers 565 314 251
Main Worker 565 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Nerkunam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 43.62 % of total population in Nerkunam village. The village Nerkunam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Nerkunam village out of total population, 565 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 565 workers engaged in Main Work, 231 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 305 were Agricultural labourer.