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Paraikulam Population - Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu

Paraikulam is a medium size village located in Tiruchuli Taluka of Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu with total 138 families residing. The Paraikulam village has population of 534 of which 297 are males while 237 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paraikulam village population of children with age 0-6 is 58 which makes up 10.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paraikulam village is 798 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Paraikulam as per census is 758, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Paraikulam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Paraikulam village was 68.28 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Paraikulam Male literacy stands at 79.92 % while female literacy rate was 53.77 %.

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

Paraikulam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 138 - -
Population 534 297 237
Child (0-6) 58 33 25
Schedule Caste 318 181 137
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.28 % 79.92 % 53.77 %
Total Workers 288 164 124
Main Worker 246 - -
Marginal Worker 42 18 24

Caste Factor

In Paraikulam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 59.55 % of total population in Paraikulam village. The village Paraikulam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Paraikulam village out of total population, 288 were engaged in work activities. 85.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 288 workers engaged in Main Work, 113 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 70 were Agricultural labourer.