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Athankarai Population - Thoothukkudi, Tamil Nadu

Athankarai is a large village located in Vilathikulam Taluka of Thoothukkudi district, Tamil Nadu with total 775 families residing. The Athankarai village has population of 2750 of which 1381 are males while 1369 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Athankarai village population of children with age 0-6 is 291 which makes up 10.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Athankarai village is 991 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Athankarai as per census is 914, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Athankarai village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Athankarai village was 77.76 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Athankarai Male literacy stands at 85.68 % while female literacy rate was 69.84 %.

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

Athankarai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 775 - -
Population 2,750 1,381 1,369
Child (0-6) 291 152 139
Schedule Caste 882 441 441
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.76 % 85.68 % 69.84 %
Total Workers 1,596 848 748
Main Worker 1,566 - -
Marginal Worker 30 8 22

Caste Factor

Athankarai village of Thoothukkudi has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.07 % of total population in Athankarai village. The village Athankarai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Athankarai village out of total population, 1596 were engaged in work activities. 98.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1596 workers engaged in Main Work, 183 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 827 were Agricultural labourer.