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Kottaiyur Population - Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu

Kottaiyur is a medium size village located in Ilayangudi Taluka of Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu with total 479 families residing. The Kottaiyur village has population of 1834 of which 909 are males while 925 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kottaiyur village population of children with age 0-6 is 146 which makes up 7.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kottaiyur village is 1018 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Kottaiyur as per census is 1147, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Kottaiyur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Kottaiyur village was 73.99 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Kottaiyur Male literacy stands at 85.85 % while female literacy rate was 62.22 %.

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

Kottaiyur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 479 - -
Population 1,834 909 925
Child (0-6) 146 68 78
Schedule Caste 511 241 270
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.99 % 85.85 % 62.22 %
Total Workers 1,079 539 540
Main Worker 1,003 - -
Marginal Worker 76 26 50

Caste Factor

Kottaiyur village of Sivaganga has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.86 % of total population in Kottaiyur village. The village Kottaiyur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kottaiyur village out of total population, 1079 were engaged in work activities. 92.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1079 workers engaged in Main Work, 277 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 553 were Agricultural labourer.