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Kovilur Population - Dindigul, Tamil Nadu

Kovilur is a large village located in Dindigul Taluka of Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu with total 496 families residing. The Kovilur village has population of 2022 of which 1002 are males while 1020 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kovilur village population of children with age 0-6 is 177 which makes up 8.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kovilur village is 1018 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Kovilur as per census is 967, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Kovilur village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Kovilur village was 80.98 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Kovilur Male literacy stands at 87.83 % while female literacy rate was 74.28 %.

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

Kovilur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 496 - -
Population 2,022 1,002 1,020
Child (0-6) 177 90 87
Schedule Caste 533 266 267
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.98 % 87.83 % 74.28 %
Total Workers 857 571 286
Main Worker 610 - -
Marginal Worker 247 116 131

Caste Factor

Kovilur village of Dindigul has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.36 % of total population in Kovilur village. The village Kovilur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kovilur village out of total population, 857 were engaged in work activities. 71.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 857 workers engaged in Main Work, 117 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 159 were Agricultural labourer.