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Palaiyanur Population - Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu

Palaiyanur is a medium size village located in Manamadurai Taluka of Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu with total 318 families residing. The Palaiyanur village has population of 1331 of which 701 are males while 630 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palaiyanur village population of children with age 0-6 is 99 which makes up 7.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palaiyanur village is 899 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Palaiyanur as per census is 597, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Palaiyanur village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Palaiyanur village was 81.82 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Palaiyanur Male literacy stands at 91.55 % while female literacy rate was 71.33 %.

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

Palaiyanur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 318 - -
Population 1,331 701 630
Child (0-6) 99 62 37
Schedule Caste 135 85 50
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.82 % 91.55 % 71.33 %
Total Workers 676 360 316
Main Worker 665 - -
Marginal Worker 11 8 3

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.14 % of total population in Palaiyanur village. The village Palaiyanur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palaiyanur village out of total population, 676 were engaged in work activities. 98.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 676 workers engaged in Main Work, 152 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 270 were Agricultural labourer.