Okkur Population - Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu

Okkur is a medium size village located in Avudayarkoil Taluka of Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu with total 339 families residing. The Okkur village has population of 1246 of which 600 are males while 646 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Okkur village population of children with age 0-6 is 132 which makes up 10.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Okkur village is 1077 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Okkur as per census is 808, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Okkur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Okkur village was 78.82 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Okkur Male literacy stands at 86.72 % while female literacy rate was 71.72 %.

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

Okkur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	339	-	-
Population	1,246	600	646
Child (0-6)	132	73	59
Schedule Caste	568	278	290
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	78.82 %	86.72 %	71.72 %
Total Workers	673	410	263
Main Worker	652	-	-
Marginal Worker	21	19	2

Caste Factor

In Okkur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.59 % of total population in Okkur village. The village Okkur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Okkur village out of total population, 673 were engaged in work activities. 96.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 673 workers engaged in Main Work, 509 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.