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Therkutheru Population - Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Therkutheru is a large village located in Melur Taluka of Madurai district, Tamil Nadu with total 1489 families residing. The Therkutheru village has population of 5760 of which 2895 are males while 2865 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Therkutheru village population of children with age 0-6 is 628 which makes up 10.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Therkutheru village is 990 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Therkutheru as per census is 892, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Therkutheru village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Therkutheru village was 80.57 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Therkutheru Male literacy stands at 88.45 % while female literacy rate was 72.71 %.

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

Therkutheru Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,489 - -
Population 5,760 2,895 2,865
Child (0-6) 628 332 296
Schedule Caste 1,454 740 714
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.57 % 88.45 % 72.71 %
Total Workers 2,415 1,628 787
Main Worker 2,133 - -
Marginal Worker 282 85 197

Caste Factor

Therkutheru village of Madurai has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.24 % of total population in Therkutheru village. The village Therkutheru currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Therkutheru village out of total population, 2415 were engaged in work activities. 88.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2415 workers engaged in Main Work, 178 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1307 were Agricultural labourer.