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Kanakai Population - Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu

Kanakai is a medium size village located in Aruppukkottai Taluka of Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu with total 378 families residing. The Kanakai village has population of 1417 of which 700 are males while 717 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanakai village population of children with age 0-6 is 147 which makes up 10.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanakai village is 1024 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanakai as per census is 838, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Kanakai village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanakai village was 85.28 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Kanakai Male literacy stands at 93.23 % while female literacy rate was 77.69 %.

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

Kanakai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 378 - -
Population 1,417 700 717
Child (0-6) 147 80 67
Schedule Caste 52 22 30
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.28 % 93.23 % 77.69 %
Total Workers 852 412 440
Main Worker 43 - -
Marginal Worker 809 394 415

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.67 % of total population in Kanakai village. The village Kanakai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanakai village out of total population, 852 were engaged in work activities. 5.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 94.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 852 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.