Porakkudi Population - Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu

Porakkudi is a medium size village located in Papanasam Taluka of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu with total 247 families residing. The Porakkudi village has population of 1039 of which 541 are males while 498 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Porakkudi village population of children with age 0-6 is 142 which makes up 13.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Porakkudi village is 921 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Porakkudi as per census is 651, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Porakkudi village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Porakkudi village was 77.70 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Porakkudi Male literacy stands at 87.47 % while female literacy rate was 67.65 %.

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

Porakkudi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	247	-	-
Population	1,039	541	498
Child (0-6)	142	86	56
Schedule Caste	866	450	416
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	77.70 %	87.47 %	67.65 %
Total Workers	533	308	225
Main Worker	362	-	-
Marginal Worker	171	68	103

Caste Factor

In Porakkudi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 83.35 % of total population in Porakkudi village. The village Porakkudi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Porakkudi village out of total population, 533 were engaged in work activities. 67.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 533 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 255 were Agricultural labourer.