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Peikkulam Population - Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Peikkulam is a medium size village located in Thirumangalam Taluka of Madurai district, Tamil Nadu with total 427 families residing. The Peikkulam village has population of 1493 of which 765 are males while 728 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Peikkulam village population of children with age 0-6 is 183 which makes up 12.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Peikkulam village is 952 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Peikkulam as per census is 848, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Peikkulam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Peikkulam village was 62.98 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Peikkulam Male literacy stands at 68.47 % while female literacy rate was 57.30 %.

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

Peikkulam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 427 - -
Population 1,493 765 728
Child (0-6) 183 99 84
Schedule Caste 110 49 61
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.98 % 68.47 % 57.30 %
Total Workers 852 479 373
Main Worker 835 - -
Marginal Worker 17 7 10

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.37 % of total population in Peikkulam village. The village Peikkulam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Peikkulam village out of total population, 852 were engaged in work activities. 98.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 852 workers engaged in Main Work, 32 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 326 were Agricultural labourer.