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Mathakkarai Population - Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Mathakkarai is a medium size village located in Peraiyur Taluka of Madurai district, Tamil Nadu with total 400 families residing. The Mathakkarai village has population of 1286 of which 619 are males while 667 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mathakkarai village population of children with age 0-6 is 143 which makes up 11.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mathakkarai village is 1078 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Mathakkarai as per census is 882, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Mathakkarai village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Mathakkarai village was 66.40 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Mathakkarai Male literacy stands at 79.74 % while female literacy rate was 54.33 %.

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

Mathakkarai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 400 - -
Population 1,286 619 667
Child (0-6) 143 76 67
Schedule Caste 142 70 72
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.40 % 79.74 % 54.33 %
Total Workers 703 353 350
Main Worker 611 - -
Marginal Worker 92 38 54

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.04 % of total population in Mathakkarai village. The village Mathakkarai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mathakkarai village out of total population, 703 were engaged in work activities. 86.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 703 workers engaged in Main Work, 170 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 344 were Agricultural labourer.