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Periakalakadi Population - Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu

Periakalakadi is a medium size village located in Cheyyur Taluka of Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 348 families residing. The Periakalakadi village has population of 1544 of which 757 are males while 787 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Periakalakadi village population of children with age 0-6 is 197 which makes up 12.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Periakalakadi village is 1040 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Periakalakadi as per census is 931, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Periakalakadi village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Periakalakadi village was 71.79 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Periakalakadi Male literacy stands at 79.85 % while female literacy rate was 64.16 %.

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

Periakalakadi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 348 - -
Population 1,544 757 787
Child (0-6) 197 102 95
Schedule Caste 821 397 424
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.79 % 79.85 % 64.16 %
Total Workers 901 472 429
Main Worker 726 - -
Marginal Worker 175 63 112

Caste Factor

In Periakalakadi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 53.17 % of total population in Periakalakadi village. The village Periakalakadi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Periakalakadi village out of total population, 901 were engaged in work activities. 80.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 901 workers engaged in Main Work, 157 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 342 were Agricultural labourer.