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Periyur Population - Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu

Periyur is a medium size village located in Sankarankoil Taluka of Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu with total 511 families residing. The Periyur village has population of 1829 of which 875 are males while 954 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Periyur village population of children with age 0-6 is 196 which makes up 10.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Periyur village is 1090 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Periyur as per census is 980, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Periyur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Periyur village was 65.34 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Periyur Male literacy stands at 78.09 % while female literacy rate was 53.79 %.

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

Periyur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 511 - -
Population 1,829 875 954
Child (0-6) 196 99 97
Schedule Caste 367 172 195
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.34 % 78.09 % 53.79 %
Total Workers 934 509 425
Main Worker 895 - -
Marginal Worker 39 23 16

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.07 % of total population in Periyur village. The village Periyur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Periyur village out of total population, 934 were engaged in work activities. 95.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 934 workers engaged in Main Work, 71 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 527 were Agricultural labourer.