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Piravanthur Population - Kollam, Kerala

Piravanthur is a large village located in Pathanapuram Taluka of Kollam district, Kerala with total 6217 families residing. The Piravanthur village has population of 22380 of which 10584 are males while 11796 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Piravanthur village population of children with age 0-6 is 1918 which makes up 8.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Piravanthur village is 1115 which is higher than Kerala state average of 1084. Child Sex Ratio for the Piravanthur as per census is 986, higher than Kerala average of 964.

Piravanthur village has lower literacy rate compared to Kerala. In 2011, literacy rate of Piravanthur village was 93.02 % compared to 94.00 % of Kerala. In Piravanthur Male literacy stands at 94.70 % while female literacy rate was 91.53 %.

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

Piravanthur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 6,217 - -
Population 22,380 10,584 11,796
Child (0-6) 1,918 966 952
Schedule Caste 4,022 1,948 2,074
Schedule Tribe 520 253 267
Literacy 93.02 % 94.70 % 91.53 %
Total Workers 8,470 5,877 2,593
Main Worker 5,737 - -
Marginal Worker 2,733 1,600 1,133

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.97 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.32 % of total population in Piravanthur village.

Work Profile

In Piravanthur village out of total population, 8470 were engaged in work activities. 67.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 8470 workers engaged in Main Work, 928 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 901 were Agricultural labourer.