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Peraiyur Population - Perambalur, Tamil Nadu

Peraiyur is a large village located in Veppanthattai Taluka of Perambalur district, Tamil Nadu with total 725 families residing. The Peraiyur village has population of 2600 of which 1258 are males while 1342 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Peraiyur village population of children with age 0-6 is 268 which makes up 10.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Peraiyur village is 1067 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Peraiyur as per census is 942, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Peraiyur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Peraiyur village was 75.00 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Peraiyur Male literacy stands at 84.20 % while female literacy rate was 66.50 %.

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

Peraiyur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 725 - -
Population 2,600 1,258 1,342
Child (0-6) 268 138 130
Schedule Caste 893 427 466
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.00 % 84.20 % 66.50 %
Total Workers 1,384 698 686
Main Worker 1,165 - -
Marginal Worker 219 100 119

Caste Factor

Peraiyur village of Perambalur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.35 % of total population in Peraiyur village. The village Peraiyur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Peraiyur village out of total population, 1384 were engaged in work activities. 84.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1384 workers engaged in Main Work, 181 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 904 were Agricultural labourer.