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Perungarai Population - Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu

Perungarai is a large village located in Paramakudi Taluka of Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 775 families residing. The Perungarai village has population of 3061 of which 1572 are males while 1489 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Perungarai village population of children with age 0-6 is 293 which makes up 9.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Perungarai village is 947 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Perungarai as per census is 940, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Perungarai village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Perungarai village was 73.70 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Perungarai Male literacy stands at 84.31 % while female literacy rate was 62.51 %.

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

Perungarai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 775 - -
Population 3,061 1,572 1,489
Child (0-6) 293 151 142
Schedule Caste 567 286 281
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.70 % 84.31 % 62.51 %
Total Workers 1,203 850 353
Main Worker 863 - -
Marginal Worker 340 189 151

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.52 % of total population in Perungarai village. The village Perungarai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Perungarai village out of total population, 1203 were engaged in work activities. 71.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1203 workers engaged in Main Work, 312 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 248 were Agricultural labourer.