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Pettai Population - Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu

Pettai is a medium size village located in Chidambaram Taluka of Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu with total 115 families residing. The Pettai village has population of 525 of which 274 are males while 251 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pettai village population of children with age 0-6 is 48 which makes up 9.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pettai village is 916 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Pettai as per census is 846, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Pettai village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Pettai village was 91.19 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Pettai Male literacy stands at 94.76 % while female literacy rate was 87.34 %.

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

Pettai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 115 - -
Population 525 274 251
Child (0-6) 48 26 22
Schedule Caste 434 228 206
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 91.19 % 94.76 % 87.34 %
Total Workers 220 141 79
Main Worker 96 - -
Marginal Worker 124 66 58

Caste Factor

In Pettai village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 82.67 % of total population in Pettai village. The village Pettai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pettai village out of total population, 220 were engaged in work activities. 43.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 220 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.