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Othaiyal Population - Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu

Othaiyal is a medium size village located in Sattur Taluka of Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu with total 508 families residing. The Othaiyal village has population of 1776 of which 861 are males while 915 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Othaiyal village population of children with age 0-6 is 144 which makes up 8.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Othaiyal village is 1063 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Othaiyal as per census is 1215, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Othaiyal village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Othaiyal village was 65.38 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Othaiyal Male literacy stands at 74.25 % while female literacy rate was 56.94 %.

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

Othaiyal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 508 - -
Population 1,776 861 915
Child (0-6) 144 65 79
Schedule Caste 955 454 501
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.38 % 74.25 % 56.94 %
Total Workers 1,055 568 487
Main Worker 1,046 - -
Marginal Worker 9 4 5

Caste Factor

In Othaiyal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 53.77 % of total population in Othaiyal village. The village Othaiyal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Othaiyal village out of total population, 1055 were engaged in work activities. 99.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1055 workers engaged in Main Work, 28 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 368 were Agricultural labourer.