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Palayakottai Population - Theni, Tamil Nadu

Palayakottai is a medium size village located in Andipatti Taluka of Theni district, Tamil Nadu with total 329 families residing. The Palayakottai village has population of 1134 of which 573 are males while 561 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palayakottai village population of children with age 0-6 is 112 which makes up 9.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palayakottai village is 979 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Palayakottai as per census is 1196, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Palayakottai village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Palayakottai village was 67.32 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Palayakottai Male literacy stands at 78.16 % while female literacy rate was 56.00 %.

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

Palayakottai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 329 - -
Population 1,134 573 561
Child (0-6) 112 51 61
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.32 % 78.16 % 56.00 %
Total Workers 704 362 342
Main Worker 614 - -
Marginal Worker 90 17 73

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Palayakottai village of Theni district.

Work Profile

In Palayakottai village out of total population, 704 were engaged in work activities. 87.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 704 workers engaged in Main Work, 46 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 187 were Agricultural labourer.