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Poraiyur Population - Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu

Poraiyur is a medium size village located in Kallakkurichi Taluka of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 91 families residing. The Poraiyur village has population of 378 of which 189 are males while 189 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Poraiyur village population of children with age 0-6 is 47 which makes up 12.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Poraiyur village is 1000 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Poraiyur as per census is 516, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Poraiyur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Poraiyur village was 64.95 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Poraiyur Male literacy stands at 71.52 % while female literacy rate was 58.96 %.

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

Poraiyur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 91 - -
Population 378 189 189
Child (0-6) 47 31 16
Schedule Caste 197 101 96
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.95 % 71.52 % 58.96 %
Total Workers 201 127 74
Main Worker 195 - -
Marginal Worker 6 2 4

Caste Factor

In Poraiyur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 52.12 % of total population in Poraiyur village. The village Poraiyur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Poraiyur village out of total population, 201 were engaged in work activities. 97.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 201 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 148 were Agricultural labourer.