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Karkur Population - Vellore, Tamil Nadu

Karkur is a medium size village located in Gudiyatham Taluka of Vellore district, Tamil Nadu with total 332 families residing. The Karkur village has population of 1427 of which 729 are males while 698 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karkur village population of children with age 0-6 is 174 which makes up 12.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karkur village is 957 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Karkur as per census is 723, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Karkur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Karkur village was 79.73 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Karkur Male literacy stands at 85.99 % while female literacy rate was 73.44 %.

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

Karkur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 332 - -
Population 1,427 729 698
Child (0-6) 174 101 73
Schedule Caste 912 453 459
Schedule Tribe 16 7 9
Literacy 79.73 % 85.99 % 73.44 %
Total Workers 491 348 143
Main Worker 446 - -
Marginal Worker 45 26 19

Caste Factor

In Karkur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 63.91 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.12 % of total population in Karkur village.

Work Profile

In Karkur village out of total population, 491 were engaged in work activities. 90.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 491 workers engaged in Main Work, 28 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 133 were Agricultural labourer.