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Keelakarai Population - Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu

Keelakarai is a large village located in Ramanathapuram Taluka of Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 843 families residing. The Keelakarai village has population of 3628 of which 2144 are males while 1484 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Keelakarai village population of children with age 0-6 is 464 which makes up 12.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Keelakarai village is 692 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Keelakarai as per census is 617, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Keelakarai village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Keelakarai village was 82.08 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Keelakarai Male literacy stands at 88.05 % while female literacy rate was 73.60 %.

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

Keelakarai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 843 - -
Population 3,628 2,144 1,484
Child (0-6) 464 287 177
Schedule Caste 1,118 573 545
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.08 % 88.05 % 73.60 %
Total Workers 1,147 987 160
Main Worker 1,083 - -
Marginal Worker 64 48 16

Caste Factor

Keelakarai village of Ramanathapuram has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.82 % of total population in Keelakarai village. The village Keelakarai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Keelakarai village out of total population, 1147 were engaged in work activities. 94.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1147 workers engaged in Main Work, 37 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 184 were Agricultural labourer.