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Kanayar Population - Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu

Kanayar is a medium size village located in Ulundurpettai Taluka of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 370 families residing. The Kanayar village has population of 1659 of which 833 are males while 826 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanayar village population of children with age 0-6 is 185 which makes up 11.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanayar village is 992 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanayar as per census is 850, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Kanayar village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanayar village was 66.35 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Kanayar Male literacy stands at 77.90 % while female literacy rate was 54.93 %.

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

Kanayar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 370 - -
Population 1,659 833 826
Child (0-6) 185 100 85
Schedule Caste 604 304 300
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.35 % 77.90 % 54.93 %
Total Workers 919 486 433
Main Worker 884 - -
Marginal Worker 35 11 24

Caste Factor

In Kanayar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.41 % of total population in Kanayar village. The village Kanayar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanayar village out of total population, 919 were engaged in work activities. 96.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 919 workers engaged in Main Work, 128 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 574 were Agricultural labourer.