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Palayapalayam Population - Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu

Palayapalayam is a large village located in Sirkali Taluka of Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu with total 1144 families residing. The Palayapalayam village has population of 4305 of which 2121 are males while 2184 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palayapalayam village population of children with age 0-6 is 515 which makes up 11.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palayapalayam village is 1030 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Palayapalayam as per census is 1077, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Palayapalayam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Palayapalayam village was 73.38 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Palayapalayam Male literacy stands at 79.71 % while female literacy rate was 67.19 %.

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

Palayapalayam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,144 - -
Population 4,305 2,121 2,184
Child (0-6) 515 248 267
Schedule Caste 1,981 971 1,010
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.38 % 79.71 % 67.19 %
Total Workers 2,043 1,289 754
Main Worker 1,550 - -
Marginal Worker 493 305 188

Caste Factor

In Palayapalayam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 46.02 % of total population in Palayapalayam village. The village Palayapalayam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palayapalayam village out of total population, 2043 were engaged in work activities. 75.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2043 workers engaged in Main Work, 96 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1127 were Agricultural labourer.