Nilaiyur Population - Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Nilaiyur is a medium size village located in Madurai South Taluka of Madurai district, Tamil Nadu with total 491 families residing. The Nilaiyur village has population of 1789 of which 896 are males while 893 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nilaiyur village population of children with age 0-6 is 223 which makes up 12.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nilaiyur village is 997 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Nilaiyur as per census is 906, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Nilaiyur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Nilaiyur village was 73.44 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Nilaiyur Male literacy stands at 82.54 % while female literacy rate was 64.42 %.

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

Nilaiyur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	491	-	-
Population	1,789	896	893
Child (0-6)	223	117	106
Schedule Caste	1,204	611	593
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	73.44 %	82.54 %	64.42 %
Total Workers	939	526	413
Main Worker	718	-	-
Marginal Worker	221	112	109

Caste Factor

In Nilaiyur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 67.30 % of total population in Nilaiyur village. The village Nilaiyur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Nilaiyur village out of total population, 939 were engaged in work activities. 76.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 939 workers engaged in Main Work, 96 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 406 were Agricultural labourer.