Nerkunam Population - Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu

Nerkunam is a medium size village located in Tirukkoyilur Taluka of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 266 families residing. The Nerkunam village has population of 1239 of which 616 are males while 623 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nerkunam village population of children with age 0-6 is 177 which makes up 14.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nerkunam village is 1011 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Nerkunam as per census is 1011, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Nerkunam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Nerkunam village was 67.42 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Nerkunam Male literacy stands at 80.87 % while female literacy rate was 54.12 %.

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	266	-	-
Population	1,239	616	623
Child (0-6)	177	88	89
Schedule Caste	886	444	442
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	67.42 %	80.87 %	54.12 %
Total Workers	739	378	361
Main Worker	34	-	-
Marginal Worker	705	358	347

Caste Factor

In Nerkunam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 71.51 % 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, 739 were engaged in work activities. 4.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 95.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 739 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.