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Parakkai Population - Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nadu

Parakkai is a large village located in Agastheeswaram Taluka of Kanniyakumari district, Tamil Nadu with total 706 families residing. The Parakkai village has population of 2524 of which 1251 are males while 1273 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Parakkai village population of children with age 0-6 is 250 which makes up 9.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Parakkai village is 1018 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Parakkai as per census is 938, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Parakkai village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Parakkai village was 93.80 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Parakkai Male literacy stands at 96.17 % while female literacy rate was 91.49 %.

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

Parakkai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 706 - -
Population 2,524 1,251 1,273
Child (0-6) 250 129 121
Schedule Caste 241 122 119
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 93.80 % 96.17 % 91.49 %
Total Workers 956 715 241
Main Worker 623 - -
Marginal Worker 333 173 160

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.55 % of total population in Parakkai village. The village Parakkai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Parakkai village out of total population, 956 were engaged in work activities. 65.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 956 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.