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Poygai Population - Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu

Poygai is a large village located in Tenkasi Taluka of Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu with total 1478 families residing. The Poygai village has population of 5645 of which 2856 are males while 2789 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Poygai village population of children with age 0-6 is 610 which makes up 10.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Poygai village is 977 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Poygai as per census is 883, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Poygai village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Poygai village was 77.99 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Poygai Male literacy stands at 88.07 % while female literacy rate was 67.80 %.

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

Poygai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,478 - -
Population 5,645 2,856 2,789
Child (0-6) 610 324 286
Schedule Caste 458 245 213
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.99 % 88.07 % 67.80 %
Total Workers 3,256 1,786 1,470
Main Worker 3,133 - -
Marginal Worker 123 72 51

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.11 % of total population in Poygai village. The village Poygai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Poygai village out of total population, 3256 were engaged in work activities. 96.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 3256 workers engaged in Main Work, 271 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1313 were Agricultural labourer.