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Thirunelly Population - Wayanad, Kerala

Thirunelly is a large village located in Mananthavady Taluka of Wayanad district, Kerala with total 2989 families residing. The Thirunelly village has population of 12878 of which 6306 are males while 6572 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Thirunelly village population of children with age 0-6 is 1676 which makes up 13.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Thirunelly village is 1042 which is lower than Kerala state average of 1084. Child Sex Ratio for the Thirunelly as per census is 960, lower than Kerala average of 964.

Thirunelly village has lower literacy rate compared to Kerala. In 2011, literacy rate of Thirunelly village was 74.98 % compared to 94.00 % of Kerala. In Thirunelly Male literacy stands at 81.16 % while female literacy rate was 69.12 %.

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

Thirunelly Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 2,989 - -
Population 12,878 6,306 6,572
Child (0-6) 1,676 855 821
Schedule Caste 247 128 119
Schedule Tribe 6,746 3,315 3,431
Literacy 74.98 % 81.16 % 69.12 %
Total Workers 6,173 3,652 2,521
Main Worker 4,213 - -
Marginal Worker 1,960 1,017 943

Caste Factor

In Thirunelly village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 52.38 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.92 % of total population in Thirunelly village.

Work Profile

In Thirunelly village out of total population, 6173 were engaged in work activities. 68.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 6173 workers engaged in Main Work, 187 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2007 were Agricultural labourer.