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Kukkal Population - The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu

Kukkal is a large village located in Udhagamandalam Taluka of The Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu with total 1528 families residing. The Kukkal village has population of 5219 of which 2523 are males while 2696 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kukkal village population of children with age 0-6 is 486 which makes up 9.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kukkal village is 1069 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Kukkal as per census is 952, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Kukkal village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Kukkal village was 75.01 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Kukkal Male literacy stands at 84.43 % while female literacy rate was 66.29 %.

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

Kukkal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,528 - -
Population 5,219 2,523 2,696
Child (0-6) 486 249 237
Schedule Caste 708 336 372
Schedule Tribe 294 144 150
Literacy 75.01 % 84.43 % 66.29 %
Total Workers 3,053 1,634 1,419
Main Worker 2,968 - -
Marginal Worker 85 42 43

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.57 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 5.63 % of total population in Kukkal village.

Work Profile

In Kukkal village out of total population, 3053 were engaged in work activities. 97.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 3053 workers engaged in Main Work, 216 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1708 were Agricultural labourer.