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Thovala Population - Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nadu

Thovala is a large village located in Thovala Taluka of Kanniyakumari district, Tamil Nadu with total 2503 families residing. The Thovala village has population of 8961 of which 4418 are males while 4543 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Thovala village population of children with age 0-6 is 800 which makes up 8.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Thovala village is 1028 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Thovala as per census is 1010, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Thovala village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Thovala village was 92.28 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Thovala Male literacy stands at 94.60 % while female literacy rate was 90.03 %.

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

Thovala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 2,503 - -
Population 8,961 4,418 4,543
Child (0-6) 800 398 402
Schedule Caste 884 453 431
Schedule Tribe 45 28 17
Literacy 92.28 % 94.60 % 90.03 %
Total Workers 3,513 2,441 1,072
Main Worker 3,282 - -
Marginal Worker 231 125 106

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.86 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.50 % of total population in Thovala village.

Work Profile

In Thovala village out of total population, 3513 were engaged in work activities. 93.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 3513 workers engaged in Main Work, 114 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 486 were Agricultural labourer.