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Peikulam Population - Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu

Peikulam is a large village located in Kadaladi Taluka of Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 1225 families residing. The Peikulam village has population of 5361 of which 2799 are males while 2562 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Peikulam village population of children with age 0-6 is 595 which makes up 11.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Peikulam village is 915 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Peikulam as per census is 997, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Peikulam village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Peikulam village was 86.15 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Peikulam Male literacy stands at 92.48 % while female literacy rate was 79.16 %.

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

Peikulam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,225 - -
Population 5,361 2,799 2,562
Child (0-6) 595 298 297
Schedule Caste 1,562 804 758
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.15 % 92.48 % 79.16 %
Total Workers 1,954 1,478 476
Main Worker 1,895 - -
Marginal Worker 59 38 21

Caste Factor

Peikulam village of Ramanathapuram has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.14 % of total population in Peikulam village. The village Peikulam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Peikulam village out of total population, 1954 were engaged in work activities. 96.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1954 workers engaged in Main Work, 556 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1193 were Agricultural labourer.