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Tenkarai Population - Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu

Tenkarai is a medium size village located in Rajapalayam Taluka of Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu with total 272 families residing. The Tenkarai village has population of 918 of which 454 are males while 464 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tenkarai village population of children with age 0-6 is 93 which makes up 10.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tenkarai village is 1022 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Tenkarai as per census is 898, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Tenkarai village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Tenkarai village was 82.79 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Tenkarai Male literacy stands at 89.63 % while female literacy rate was 76.19 %.

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

Tenkarai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 272 - -
Population 918 454 464
Child (0-6) 93 49 44
Schedule Caste 296 140 156
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.79 % 89.63 % 76.19 %
Total Workers 572 303 269
Main Worker 567 - -
Marginal Worker 5 3 2

Caste Factor

Tenkarai village of Virudhunagar has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.24 % of total population in Tenkarai village. The village Tenkarai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Tenkarai village out of total population, 572 were engaged in work activities. 99.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 572 workers engaged in Main Work, 54 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 188 were Agricultural labourer.