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Kandai Population - Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Kandai is a medium size village located in Thirumangalam Taluka of Madurai district, Tamil Nadu with total 284 families residing. The Kandai village has population of 1117 of which 541 are males while 576 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kandai village population of children with age 0-6 is 111 which makes up 9.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kandai village is 1065 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Kandai as per census is 982, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Kandai village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Kandai village was 65.90 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Kandai Male literacy stands at 79.18 % while female literacy rate was 53.55 %.

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

Kandai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 284 - -
Population 1,117 541 576
Child (0-6) 111 56 55
Schedule Caste 810 392 418
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.90 % 79.18 % 53.55 %
Total Workers 699 356 343
Main Worker 686 - -
Marginal Worker 13 9 4

Caste Factor

In Kandai village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 72.52 % of total population in Kandai village. The village Kandai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kandai village out of total population, 699 were engaged in work activities. 98.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 699 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 545 were Agricultural labourer.