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Palayamkottai Population - Dindigul, Tamil Nadu

Palayamkottai is a large village located in Attur Taluka of Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu with total 1092 families residing. The Palayamkottai village has population of 3750 of which 1924 are males while 1826 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palayamkottai village population of children with age 0-6 is 359 which makes up 9.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palayamkottai village is 949 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Palayamkottai as per census is 804, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Palayamkottai village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Palayamkottai village was 70.33 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Palayamkottai Male literacy stands at 81.28 % while female literacy rate was 59.00 %.

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

Palayamkottai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,092 - -
Population 3,750 1,924 1,826
Child (0-6) 359 199 160
Schedule Caste 3,060 1,564 1,496
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.33 % 81.28 % 59.00 %
Total Workers 2,174 1,159 1,015
Main Worker 2,134 - -
Marginal Worker 40 17 23

Caste Factor

In Palayamkottai village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 81.60 % of total population in Palayamkottai village. The village Palayamkottai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palayamkottai village out of total population, 2174 were engaged in work activities. 98.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2174 workers engaged in Main Work, 87 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1426 were Agricultural labourer.