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Perungalur Population - Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu

Perungalur is a medium size village located in Chidambaram Taluka of Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu with total 245 families residing. The Perungalur village has population of 885 of which 445 are males while 440 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Perungalur village population of children with age 0-6 is 79 which makes up 8.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Perungalur village is 989 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Perungalur as per census is 1257, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Perungalur village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Perungalur village was 81.51 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Perungalur Male literacy stands at 89.51 % while female literacy rate was 73.23 %.

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

Perungalur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 245 - -
Population 885 445 440
Child (0-6) 79 35 44
Schedule Caste 718 362 356
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.51 % 89.51 % 73.23 %
Total Workers 406 228 178
Main Worker 17 - -
Marginal Worker 389 215 174

Caste Factor

In Perungalur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 81.13 % of total population in Perungalur village. The village Perungalur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Perungalur village out of total population, 406 were engaged in work activities. 4.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 95.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 406 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.