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Thekkur Population - Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu

Thekkur is a large village located in Tirupathur Taluka of Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu with total 1139 families residing. The Thekkur village has population of 4672 of which 2464 are males while 2208 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Thekkur village population of children with age 0-6 is 454 which makes up 9.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Thekkur village is 896 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Thekkur as per census is 900, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Thekkur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Thekkur village was 77.29 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Thekkur Male literacy stands at 86.70 % while female literacy rate was 66.78 %.

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

Thekkur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,139 - -
Population 4,672 2,464 2,208
Child (0-6) 454 239 215
Schedule Caste 516 259 257
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.29 % 86.70 % 66.78 %
Total Workers 2,639 1,445 1,194
Main Worker 1,242 - -
Marginal Worker 1,397 682 715

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.04 % of total population in Thekkur village. The village Thekkur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Thekkur village out of total population, 2639 were engaged in work activities. 47.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2639 workers engaged in Main Work, 441 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 576 were Agricultural labourer.