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Poigai Population - Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu

Poigai is a medium size village located in Sankarankoil Taluka of Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu with total 231 families residing. The Poigai village has population of 809 of which 410 are males while 399 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Poigai village population of children with age 0-6 is 78 which makes up 9.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Poigai village is 973 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Poigai as per census is 773, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Poigai village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Poigai village was 67.99 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Poigai Male literacy stands at 78.42 % while female literacy rate was 57.53 %.

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

Poigai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 231 - -
Population 809 410 399
Child (0-6) 78 44 34
Schedule Caste 141 73 68
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.99 % 78.42 % 57.53 %
Total Workers 453 257 196
Main Worker 415 - -
Marginal Worker 38 9 29

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.43 % of total population in Poigai village. The village Poigai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Poigai village out of total population, 453 were engaged in work activities. 91.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 453 workers engaged in Main Work, 63 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 148 were Agricultural labourer.