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Periyanur Population - Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu

Periyanur is a medium size village located in Tirukkoyilur Taluka of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 320 families residing. The Periyanur village has population of 1442 of which 749 are males while 693 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Periyanur village population of children with age 0-6 is 185 which makes up 12.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Periyanur village is 925 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Periyanur as per census is 888, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Periyanur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Periyanur village was 56.25 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Periyanur Male literacy stands at 71.12 % while female literacy rate was 40.26 %.

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

Periyanur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 320 - -
Population 1,442 749 693
Child (0-6) 185 98 87
Schedule Caste 248 130 118
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 56.25 % 71.12 % 40.26 %
Total Workers 861 464 397
Main Worker 304 - -
Marginal Worker 557 287 270

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.20 % of total population in Periyanur village. The village Periyanur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Periyanur village out of total population, 861 were engaged in work activities. 35.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 64.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 861 workers engaged in Main Work, 96 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 163 were Agricultural labourer.