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Tenkarai Population - Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu

Tenkarai is a medium size village located in Nagapattinam Taluka of Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu with total 226 families residing. The Tenkarai village has population of 888 of which 448 are males while 440 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tenkarai village population of children with age 0-6 is 97 which makes up 10.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tenkarai village is 982 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Tenkarai as per census is 702, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Tenkarai village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Tenkarai village was 88.62 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Tenkarai Male literacy stands at 93.35 % while female literacy rate was 84.00 %.

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

Tenkarai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 226 - -
Population 888 448 440
Child (0-6) 97 57 40
Schedule Caste 290 142 148
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 88.62 % 93.35 % 84.00 %
Total Workers 337 263 74
Main Worker 269 - -
Marginal Worker 68 20 48

Caste Factor

Tenkarai village of Nagapattinam has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.66 % of total population in Tenkarai village. The village Tenkarai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Tenkarai village out of total population, 337 were engaged in work activities. 79.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 337 workers engaged in Main Work, 79 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 162 were Agricultural labourer.