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Thenkunam Population - Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu

Thenkunam is a medium size village located in Ulundurpettai Taluka of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 262 families residing. The Thenkunam village has population of 1213 of which 591 are males while 622 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Thenkunam village population of children with age 0-6 is 161 which makes up 13.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Thenkunam village is 1052 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Thenkunam as per census is 1091, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Thenkunam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Thenkunam village was 52.28 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Thenkunam Male literacy stands at 63.42 % while female literacy rate was 41.64 %.

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

Thenkunam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 262 - -
Population 1,213 591 622
Child (0-6) 161 77 84
Schedule Caste 569 288 281
Schedule Tribe 5 2 3
Literacy 52.28 % 63.42 % 41.64 %
Total Workers 728 374 354
Main Worker 725 - -
Marginal Worker 3 3 0

Caste Factor

In Thenkunam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 46.91 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.41 % of total population in Thenkunam village.

Work Profile

In Thenkunam village out of total population, 728 were engaged in work activities. 99.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 728 workers engaged in Main Work, 93 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 608 were Agricultural labourer.