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Paruthiyur Population - Dindigul, Tamil Nadu

Paruthiyur is a medium size village located in Oddanchatram Taluka of Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu with total 373 families residing. The Paruthiyur village has population of 1223 of which 609 are males while 614 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paruthiyur village population of children with age 0-6 is 92 which makes up 7.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paruthiyur village is 1008 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Paruthiyur as per census is 643, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Paruthiyur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Paruthiyur village was 67.82 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Paruthiyur Male literacy stands at 78.66 % while female literacy rate was 57.44 %.

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

Paruthiyur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 373 - -
Population 1,223 609 614
Child (0-6) 92 56 36
Schedule Caste 428 207 221
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.82 % 78.66 % 57.44 %
Total Workers 768 417 351
Main Worker 633 - -
Marginal Worker 135 67 68

Caste Factor

Paruthiyur village of Dindigul has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.00 % of total population in Paruthiyur village. The village Paruthiyur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Paruthiyur village out of total population, 768 were engaged in work activities. 82.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 768 workers engaged in Main Work, 259 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 261 were Agricultural labourer.