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Porkudi Population - Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu

Porkudi is a medium size village located in Devakottai Taluka of Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu with total 195 families residing. The Porkudi village has population of 754 of which 386 are males while 368 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Porkudi village population of children with age 0-6 is 63 which makes up 8.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Porkudi village is 953 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Porkudi as per census is 703, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Porkudi village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Porkudi village was 75.83 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Porkudi Male literacy stands at 85.67 % while female literacy rate was 65.79 %.

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

Porkudi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 195 - -
Population 754 386 368
Child (0-6) 63 37 26
Schedule Caste 522 270 252
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.83 % 85.67 % 65.79 %
Total Workers 415 223 192
Main Worker 413 - -
Marginal Worker 2 0 2

Caste Factor

In Porkudi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 69.23 % of total population in Porkudi village. The village Porkudi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Porkudi village out of total population, 415 were engaged in work activities. 99.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 415 workers engaged in Main Work, 359 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.