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Thirukanai Population - Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Thirukanai is a medium size village located in Madurai North Taluka of Madurai district, Tamil Nadu with total 88 families residing. The Thirukanai village has population of 335 of which 178 are males while 157 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Thirukanai village population of children with age 0-6 is 22 which makes up 6.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Thirukanai village is 882 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Thirukanai as per census is 833, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Thirukanai village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Thirukanai village was 80.83 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Thirukanai Male literacy stands at 92.77 % while female literacy rate was 67.35 %.

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

Thirukanai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 88 - -
Population 335 178 157
Child (0-6) 22 12 10
Schedule Caste 94 48 46
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.83 % 92.77 % 67.35 %
Total Workers 213 117 96
Main Worker 207 - -
Marginal Worker 6 3 3

Caste Factor

Thirukanai village of Madurai has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.06 % of total population in Thirukanai village. The village Thirukanai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Thirukanai village out of total population, 213 were engaged in work activities. 97.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 213 workers engaged in Main Work, 18 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 136 were Agricultural labourer.