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Thonugal Population - Thoothukkudi, Tamil Nadu

Thonugal is a large village located in Kovilpatti Taluka of Thoothukkudi district, Tamil Nadu with total 610 families residing. The Thonugal village has population of 2227 of which 1082 are males while 1145 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Thonugal village population of children with age 0-6 is 214 which makes up 9.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Thonugal village is 1058 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Thonugal as per census is 1038, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Thonugal village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Thonugal village was 73.42 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Thonugal Male literacy stands at 82.60 % while female literacy rate was 64.77 %.

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

Thonugal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 610 - -
Population 2,227 1,082 1,145
Child (0-6) 214 105 109
Schedule Caste 801 389 412
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.42 % 82.60 % 64.77 %
Total Workers 1,274 691 583
Main Worker 833 - -
Marginal Worker 441 213 228

Caste Factor

In Thonugal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.97 % of total population in Thonugal village. The village Thonugal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Thonugal village out of total population, 1274 were engaged in work activities. 65.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1274 workers engaged in Main Work, 134 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 450 were Agricultural labourer.