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Orathur Population - Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu

Orathur is a medium size village located in Sriperumbudur Taluka of Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 411 families residing. The Orathur village has population of 1744 of which 864 are males while 880 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Orathur village population of children with age 0-6 is 215 which makes up 12.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Orathur village is 1019 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Orathur as per census is 886, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Orathur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Orathur village was 68.21 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Orathur Male literacy stands at 74.40 % while female literacy rate was 62.26 %.

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

Orathur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 411 - -
Population 1,744 864 880
Child (0-6) 215 114 101
Schedule Caste 916 455 461
Schedule Tribe 16 4 12
Literacy 68.21 % 74.40 % 62.26 %
Total Workers 909 549 360
Main Worker 294 - -
Marginal Worker 615 362 253

Caste Factor

In Orathur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 52.52 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.92 % of total population in Orathur village.

Work Profile

In Orathur village out of total population, 909 were engaged in work activities. 32.34 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 67.66 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 909 workers engaged in Main Work, 41 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 120 were Agricultural labourer.