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Perungalakudi Population - Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Perungalakudi is a medium size village located in Melur Taluka of Madurai district, Tamil Nadu with total 200 families residing. The Perungalakudi village has population of 798 of which 399 are males while 399 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Perungalakudi village population of children with age 0-6 is 105 which makes up 13.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Perungalakudi village is 1000 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Perungalakudi as per census is 667, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Perungalakudi village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Perungalakudi village was 70.71 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Perungalakudi Male literacy stands at 83.63 % while female literacy rate was 58.54 %.

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

Perungalakudi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 200 - -
Population 798 399 399
Child (0-6) 105 63 42
Schedule Caste 462 238 224
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.71 % 83.63 % 58.54 %
Total Workers 387 232 155
Main Worker 382 - -
Marginal Worker 5 1 4

Caste Factor

In Perungalakudi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 57.89 % of total population in Perungalakudi village. The village Perungalakudi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Perungalakudi village out of total population, 387 were engaged in work activities. 98.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 387 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 327 were Agricultural labourer.