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Peraiyur Population - Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Peraiyur is a medium size village located in Peraiyur Taluka of Madurai district, Tamil Nadu with total 355 families residing. The Peraiyur village has population of 1306 of which 670 are males while 636 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Peraiyur village population of children with age 0-6 is 110 which makes up 8.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Peraiyur village is 949 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Peraiyur as per census is 1340, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Peraiyur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Peraiyur village was 75.50 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Peraiyur Male literacy stands at 91.49 % while female literacy rate was 58.12 %.

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

Peraiyur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 355 - -
Population 1,306 670 636
Child (0-6) 110 47 63
Schedule Caste 471 238 233
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.50 % 91.49 % 58.12 %
Total Workers 744 415 329
Main Worker 728 - -
Marginal Worker 16 7 9

Caste Factor

In Peraiyur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.06 % of total population in Peraiyur village. The village Peraiyur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Peraiyur village out of total population, 744 were engaged in work activities. 97.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 744 workers engaged in Main Work, 120 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 359 were Agricultural labourer.