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Thenur Population - Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Thenur is a large village located in Madurai North Taluka of Madurai district, Tamil Nadu with total 1692 families residing. The Thenur village has population of 6464 of which 3267 are males while 3197 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Thenur village population of children with age 0-6 is 714 which makes up 11.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Thenur village is 979 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Thenur as per census is 850, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Thenur village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Thenur village was 81.10 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Thenur Male literacy stands at 88.79 % while female literacy rate was 73.37 %.

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

Thenur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,692 - -
Population 6,464 3,267 3,197
Child (0-6) 714 386 328
Schedule Caste 1,119 569 550
Schedule Tribe 7 4 3
Literacy 81.10 % 88.79 % 73.37 %
Total Workers 2,817 1,950 867
Main Worker 2,300 - -
Marginal Worker 517 320 197

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.31 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.11 % of total population in Thenur village.

Work Profile

In Thenur village out of total population, 2817 were engaged in work activities. 81.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2817 workers engaged in Main Work, 233 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 771 were Agricultural labourer.