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Porulur Population - Dindigul, Tamil Nadu

Porulur is a large village located in Oddanchatram Taluka of Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu with total 1316 families residing. The Porulur village has population of 4302 of which 2174 are males while 2128 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Porulur village population of children with age 0-6 is 300 which makes up 6.97 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Porulur village is 979 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Porulur as per census is 1027, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Porulur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Porulur village was 72.56 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Porulur Male literacy stands at 83.02 % while female literacy rate was 61.84 %.

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

Porulur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,316 - -
Population 4,302 2,174 2,128
Child (0-6) 300 148 152
Schedule Caste 1,073 519 554
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.56 % 83.02 % 61.84 %
Total Workers 2,954 1,555 1,399
Main Worker 2,593 - -
Marginal Worker 361 182 179

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.94 % of total population in Porulur village. The village Porulur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Porulur village out of total population, 2954 were engaged in work activities. 87.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2954 workers engaged in Main Work, 1201 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 910 were Agricultural labourer.