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Thenpalanji Population - Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Thenpalanji is a medium size village located in Madurai South Taluka of Madurai district, Tamil Nadu with total 431 families residing. The Thenpalanji village has population of 1543 of which 759 are males while 784 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Thenpalanji village population of children with age 0-6 is 166 which makes up 10.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Thenpalanji village is 1033 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Thenpalanji as per census is 1075, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Thenpalanji village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Thenpalanji village was 68.77 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Thenpalanji Male literacy stands at 77.17 % while female literacy rate was 60.60 %.

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

Thenpalanji Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 431 - -
Population 1,543 759 784
Child (0-6) 166 80 86
Schedule Caste 254 124 130
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.77 % 77.17 % 60.60 %
Total Workers 974 480 494
Main Worker 435 - -
Marginal Worker 539 195 344

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.46 % of total population in Thenpalanji village. The village Thenpalanji currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Thenpalanji village out of total population, 974 were engaged in work activities. 44.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 974 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 104 were Agricultural labourer.