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Karaikeni Population - Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Karaikeni is a medium size village located in Peraiyur Taluka of Madurai district, Tamil Nadu with total 438 families residing. The Karaikeni village has population of 1718 of which 861 are males while 857 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karaikeni village population of children with age 0-6 is 184 which makes up 10.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karaikeni village is 995 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Karaikeni as per census is 917, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Karaikeni village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Karaikeni village was 73.40 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Karaikeni Male literacy stands at 82.48 % while female literacy rate was 64.37 %.

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

Karaikeni Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 438 - -
Population 1,718 861 857
Child (0-6) 184 96 88
Schedule Caste 87 46 41
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.40 % 82.48 % 64.37 %
Total Workers 879 518 361
Main Worker 756 - -
Marginal Worker 123 67 56

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.06 % of total population in Karaikeni village. The village Karaikeni currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Karaikeni village out of total population, 879 were engaged in work activities. 86.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 879 workers engaged in Main Work, 270 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 218 were Agricultural labourer.