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Karaiyur Population - Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu

Karaiyur is a medium size village located in Nagapattinam Taluka of Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu with total 473 families residing. The Karaiyur village has population of 1775 of which 878 are males while 897 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karaiyur village population of children with age 0-6 is 184 which makes up 10.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karaiyur village is 1022 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Karaiyur as per census is 978, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Karaiyur village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Karaiyur village was 86.42 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Karaiyur Male literacy stands at 93.63 % while female literacy rate was 79.40 %.

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

Karaiyur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 473 - -
Population 1,775 878 897
Child (0-6) 184 93 91
Schedule Caste 434 210 224
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.42 % 93.63 % 79.40 %
Total Workers 833 518 315
Main Worker 661 - -
Marginal Worker 172 57 115

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.45 % of total population in Karaiyur village. The village Karaiyur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Karaiyur village out of total population, 833 were engaged in work activities. 79.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 833 workers engaged in Main Work, 79 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 448 were Agricultural labourer.