Kottur Population - Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu

Kottur is a large village located in Nagapattinam Taluka of Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu with total 664 families residing. The Kottur village has population of 2827 of which 1419 are males while 1408 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kottur village population of children with age 0-6 is 301 which makes up 10.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kottur village is 992 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Kottur as per census is 1034, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Kottur village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Kottur village was 83.10 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Kottur Male literacy stands at 88.43 % while female literacy rate was 77.69 %.

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

Kottur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	664	-	-
Population	2,827	1,419	1,408
Child (0-6)	301	148	153
Schedule Caste	1,229	624	605
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	83.10 %	88.43 %	77.69 %
Total Workers	1,237	842	395
Main Worker	895	-	-
Marginal Worker	342	166	176

Caste Factor

In Kottur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 43.47 % of total population in Kottur village. The village Kottur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kottur village out of total population, 1237 were engaged in work activities. 72.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1237 workers engaged in Main Work, 111 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 650 were Agricultural labourer.