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Periyakattalai Population - Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Periyakattalai is a medium size village located in Peraiyur Taluka of Madurai district, Tamil Nadu with total 421 families residing. The Periyakattalai village has population of 1609 of which 820 are males while 789 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Periyakattalai village population of children with age 0-6 is 155 which makes up 9.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Periyakattalai village is 962 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Periyakattalai as per census is 722, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Periyakattalai village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Periyakattalai village was 71.73 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Periyakattalai Male literacy stands at 83.70 % while female literacy rate was 59.67 %.

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

Periyakattalai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 421 - -
Population 1,609 820 789
Child (0-6) 155 90 65
Schedule Caste 852 436 416
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.73 % 83.70 % 59.67 %
Total Workers 961 493 468
Main Worker 729 - -
Marginal Worker 232 57 175

Caste Factor

In Periyakattalai village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 52.95 % of total population in Periyakattalai village. The village Periyakattalai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Periyakattalai village out of total population, 961 were engaged in work activities. 75.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 961 workers engaged in Main Work, 239 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 256 were Agricultural labourer.