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Thenkarai Population - Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu

Thenkarai is a large village located in Tirupathur Taluka of Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu with total 529 families residing. The Thenkarai village has population of 2273 of which 1147 are males while 1126 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Thenkarai village population of children with age 0-6 is 250 which makes up 11.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Thenkarai village is 982 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Thenkarai as per census is 908, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Thenkarai village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Thenkarai village was 76.57 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Thenkarai Male literacy stands at 85.33 % while female literacy rate was 67.73 %.

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

Thenkarai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 529 - -
Population 2,273 1,147 1,126
Child (0-6) 250 131 119
Schedule Caste 507 256 251
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.57 % 85.33 % 67.73 %
Total Workers 887 667 220
Main Worker 605 - -
Marginal Worker 282 169 113

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.31 % of total population in Thenkarai village. The village Thenkarai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Thenkarai village out of total population, 887 were engaged in work activities. 68.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 887 workers engaged in Main Work, 93 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 306 were Agricultural labourer.