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Periyanur Population - Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu

Periyanur is a medium size village located in Palakkodu Taluka of Dharmapuri district, Tamil Nadu with total 449 families residing. The Periyanur village has population of 1884 of which 974 are males while 910 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Periyanur village population of children with age 0-6 is 258 which makes up 13.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Periyanur village is 934 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Periyanur as per census is 897, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Periyanur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Periyanur village was 59.35 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Periyanur Male literacy stands at 69.45 % while female literacy rate was 48.60 %.

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

Periyanur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 449 - -
Population 1,884 974 910
Child (0-6) 258 136 122
Schedule Caste 380 202 178
Schedule Tribe 24 10 14
Literacy 59.35 % 69.45 % 48.60 %
Total Workers 1,078 566 512
Main Worker 1,063 - -
Marginal Worker 15 3 12

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.17 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.27 % of total population in Periyanur village.

Work Profile

In Periyanur village out of total population, 1078 were engaged in work activities. 98.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1078 workers engaged in Main Work, 317 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 579 were Agricultural labourer.