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Kottathurai Population - Dindigul, Tamil Nadu

Kottathurai is a large village located in Palani Taluka of Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu with total 1015 families residing. The Kottathurai village has population of 3342 of which 1643 are males while 1699 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kottathurai village population of children with age 0-6 is 268 which makes up 8.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kottathurai village is 1034 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Kottathurai as per census is 914, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Kottathurai village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Kottathurai village was 68.02 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Kottathurai Male literacy stands at 80.17 % while female literacy rate was 56.40 %.

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

Kottathurai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,015 - -
Population 3,342 1,643 1,699
Child (0-6) 268 140 128
Schedule Caste 691 346 345
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.02 % 80.17 % 56.40 %
Total Workers 1,810 1,059 751
Main Worker 1,693 - -
Marginal Worker 117 24 93

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.68 % of total population in Kottathurai village. The village Kottathurai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kottathurai village out of total population, 1810 were engaged in work activities. 93.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1810 workers engaged in Main Work, 541 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 533 were Agricultural labourer.