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Karaikulam Population - Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu

Karaikulam is a medium size village located in Ilayangudi Taluka of Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu with total 408 families residing. The Karaikulam village has population of 1476 of which 731 are males while 745 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karaikulam village population of children with age 0-6 is 133 which makes up 9.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karaikulam village is 1019 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Karaikulam as per census is 1015, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Karaikulam village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Karaikulam village was 81.91 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Karaikulam Male literacy stands at 90.53 % while female literacy rate was 73.45 %.

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

Karaikulam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 408 - -
Population 1,476 731 745
Child (0-6) 133 66 67
Schedule Caste 828 402 426
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.91 % 90.53 % 73.45 %
Total Workers 767 417 350
Main Worker 364 - -
Marginal Worker 403 230 173

Caste Factor

In Karaikulam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 56.10 % of total population in Karaikulam village. The village Karaikulam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Karaikulam village out of total population, 767 were engaged in work activities. 47.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 767 workers engaged in Main Work, 202 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 104 were Agricultural labourer.