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Periakulam Population - Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu

Periakulam is a large village located in Kadaladi Taluka of Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 1047 families residing. The Periakulam village has population of 4869 of which 2455 are males while 2414 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Periakulam village population of children with age 0-6 is 537 which makes up 11.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Periakulam village is 983 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Periakulam as per census is 1026, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Periakulam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Periakulam village was 73.64 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Periakulam Male literacy stands at 81.46 % while female literacy rate was 65.64 %.

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

Periakulam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,047 - -
Population 4,869 2,455 2,414
Child (0-6) 537 265 272
Schedule Caste 48 22 26
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.64 % 81.46 % 65.64 %
Total Workers 1,821 1,351 470
Main Worker 1,273 - -
Marginal Worker 548 429 119

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.99 % of total population in Periakulam village. The village Periakulam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Periakulam village out of total population, 1821 were engaged in work activities. 69.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1821 workers engaged in Main Work, 292 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 43 were Agricultural labourer.