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Thuneri Population - The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu

Thuneri is a large village located in Udhagamandalam Taluka of The Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu with total 2090 families residing. The Thuneri village has population of 7110 of which 3526 are males while 3584 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Thuneri village population of children with age 0-6 is 538 which makes up 7.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Thuneri village is 1016 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Thuneri as per census is 1000, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Thuneri village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Thuneri village was 72.79 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Thuneri Male literacy stands at 83.36 % while female literacy rate was 62.41 %.

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

Thuneri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 2,090 - -
Population 7,110 3,526 3,584
Child (0-6) 538 269 269
Schedule Caste 670 337 333
Schedule Tribe 1 0 1
Literacy 72.79 % 83.36 % 62.41 %
Total Workers 4,159 2,204 1,955
Main Worker 4,068 - -
Marginal Worker 91 45 46

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.42 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.01 % of total population in Thuneri village.

Work Profile

In Thuneri village out of total population, 4159 were engaged in work activities. 97.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 4159 workers engaged in Main Work, 911 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2595 were Agricultural labourer.