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Palayur Population - Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

Palayur is a medium size village located in Pollachi Taluka of Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu with total 355 families residing. The Palayur village has population of 1061 of which 540 are males while 521 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palayur village population of children with age 0-6 is 72 which makes up 6.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palayur village is 965 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Palayur as per census is 846, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Palayur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Palayur village was 62.49 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Palayur Male literacy stands at 74.65 % while female literacy rate was 50.00 %.

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

Palayur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 355 - -
Population 1,061 540 521
Child (0-6) 72 39 33
Schedule Caste 191 91 100
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.49 % 74.65 % 50.00 %
Total Workers 632 387 245
Main Worker 565 - -
Marginal Worker 67 6 61

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.00 % of total population in Palayur village. The village Palayur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palayur village out of total population, 632 were engaged in work activities. 89.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 632 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 227 were Agricultural labourer.