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Kurayur Population - Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Kurayur is a large village located in Thirumangalam Taluka of Madurai district, Tamil Nadu with total 1415 families residing. The Kurayur village has population of 5362 of which 2731 are males while 2631 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kurayur village population of children with age 0-6 is 573 which makes up 10.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kurayur village is 963 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Kurayur as per census is 860, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Kurayur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Kurayur village was 71.12 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Kurayur Male literacy stands at 83.82 % while female literacy rate was 58.11 %.

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

Kurayur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,415 - -
Population 5,362 2,731 2,631
Child (0-6) 573 308 265
Schedule Caste 1,295 647 648
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.12 % 83.82 % 58.11 %
Total Workers 2,886 1,617 1,269
Main Worker 2,586 - -
Marginal Worker 300 135 165

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.15 % of total population in Kurayur village. The village Kurayur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kurayur village out of total population, 2886 were engaged in work activities. 89.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2886 workers engaged in Main Work, 300 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1489 were Agricultural labourer.