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Palakurichi Population - Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu

Palakurichi is a medium size village located in Kilvelur Taluka of Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu with total 455 families residing. The Palakurichi village has population of 1624 of which 837 are males while 787 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palakurichi village population of children with age 0-6 is 163 which makes up 10.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palakurichi village is 940 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Palakurichi as per census is 988, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Palakurichi village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Palakurichi village was 81.45 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Palakurichi Male literacy stands at 89.93 % while female literacy rate was 72.38 %.

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

Palakurichi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 455 - -
Population 1,624 837 787
Child (0-6) 163 82 81
Schedule Caste 914 460 454
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.45 % 89.93 % 72.38 %
Total Workers 952 527 425
Main Worker 320 - -
Marginal Worker 632 333 299

Caste Factor

In Palakurichi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 56.28 % of total population in Palakurichi village. The village Palakurichi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palakurichi village out of total population, 952 were engaged in work activities. 33.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 66.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 952 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 246 were Agricultural labourer.