Valakarai Population - Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu

Valakarai is a medium size village located in Thirukkuvalai Taluka of Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu with total 457 families residing. The Valakarai village has population of 1658 of which 821 are males while 837 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Valakarai village population of children with age 0-6 is 173 which makes up 10.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Valakarai village is 1019 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Valakarai as per census is 944, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Valakarai village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Valakarai village was 73.74 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Valakarai Male literacy stands at 81.56 % while female literacy rate was 66.14 %.

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

Valakarai Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	457	-	-
Population	1,658	821	837
Child (0-6)	173	89	84
Schedule Caste	1,085	535	550
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	73.74 %	81.56 %	66.14 %
Total Workers	845	498	347
Main Worker	144	-	-
Marginal Worker	701	404	297

Caste Factor

In Valakarai village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 65.44 % of total population in Valakarai village. The village Valakarai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Valakarai village out of total population, 845 were engaged in work activities. 17.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 82.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 845 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 95 were Agricultural labourer.