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Pottapalaiyam Population - Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu

Pottapalaiyam is a medium size village located in Manamadurai Taluka of Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu with total 164 families residing. The Pottapalaiyam village has population of 1047 of which 762 are males while 285 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pottapalaiyam village population of children with age 0-6 is 82 which makes up 7.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pottapalaiyam village is 374 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Pottapalaiyam as per census is 1278, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Pottapalaiyam village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Pottapalaiyam village was 85.08 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Pottapalaiyam Male literacy stands at 92.42 % while female literacy rate was 62.76 %.

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

Pottapalaiyam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 164 - -
Population 1,047 762 285
Child (0-6) 82 36 46
Schedule Caste 202 110 92
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.08 % 92.42 % 62.76 %
Total Workers 232 182 50
Main Worker 220 - -
Marginal Worker 12 7 5

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.29 % of total population in Pottapalaiyam village. The village Pottapalaiyam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pottapalaiyam village out of total population, 232 were engaged in work activities. 94.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 232 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 52 were Agricultural labourer.