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Pethanur Population - Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu

Pethanur is a medium size village located in Kallakkurichi Taluka of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 426 families residing. The Pethanur village has population of 1583 of which 800 are males while 783 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pethanur village population of children with age 0-6 is 161 which makes up 10.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pethanur village is 979 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Pethanur as per census is 809, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Pethanur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Pethanur village was 60.55 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Pethanur Male literacy stands at 73.56 % while female literacy rate was 47.54 %.

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

Pethanur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 426 - -
Population 1,583 800 783
Child (0-6) 161 89 72
Schedule Caste 778 400 378
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.55 % 73.56 % 47.54 %
Total Workers 927 493 434
Main Worker 885 - -
Marginal Worker 42 14 28

Caste Factor

In Pethanur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 49.15 % of total population in Pethanur village. The village Pethanur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pethanur village out of total population, 927 were engaged in work activities. 95.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 927 workers engaged in Main Work, 165 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 551 were Agricultural labourer.