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Palaiyur Population - Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu

Palaiyur is a medium size village located in Alangudi Taluka of Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu with total 279 families residing. The Palaiyur village has population of 1219 of which 573 are males while 646 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palaiyur village population of children with age 0-6 is 116 which makes up 9.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palaiyur village is 1127 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Palaiyur as per census is 785, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Palaiyur village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Palaiyur village was 80.24 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Palaiyur Male literacy stands at 88.19 % while female literacy rate was 73.45 %.

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

Palaiyur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 279 - -
Population 1,219 573 646
Child (0-6) 116 65 51
Schedule Caste 502 219 283
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.24 % 88.19 % 73.45 %
Total Workers 401 327 74
Main Worker 375 - -
Marginal Worker 26 13 13

Caste Factor

In Palaiyur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 41.18 % of total population in Palaiyur village. The village Palaiyur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palaiyur village out of total population, 401 were engaged in work activities. 93.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 401 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 247 were Agricultural labourer.