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Porakudi Population - Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu

Porakudi is a medium size village located in Nagapattinam Taluka of Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu with total 406 families residing. The Porakudi village has population of 1640 of which 813 are males while 827 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Porakudi village population of children with age 0-6 is 203 which makes up 12.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Porakudi village is 1017 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Porakudi as per census is 897, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Porakudi village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Porakudi village was 83.23 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Porakudi Male literacy stands at 90.23 % while female literacy rate was 76.47 %.

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

Porakudi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 406 - -
Population 1,640 813 827
Child (0-6) 203 107 96
Schedule Caste 913 449 464
Schedule Tribe 145 70 75
Literacy 83.23 % 90.23 % 76.47 %
Total Workers 791 475 316
Main Worker 710 - -
Marginal Worker 81 34 47

Caste Factor

In Porakudi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 55.67 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 8.84 % of total population in Porakudi village.

Work Profile

In Porakudi village out of total population, 791 were engaged in work activities. 89.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 791 workers engaged in Main Work, 60 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 431 were Agricultural labourer.