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Puraiyoor Population - Thoothukkudi, Tamil Nadu

Puraiyoor is a medium size village located in Tiruchendur Taluka of Thoothukkudi district, Tamil Nadu with total 310 families residing. The Puraiyoor village has population of 1325 of which 659 are males while 666 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puraiyoor village population of children with age 0-6 is 124 which makes up 9.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puraiyoor village is 1011 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Puraiyoor as per census is 968, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Puraiyoor village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Puraiyoor village was 95.25 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Puraiyoor Male literacy stands at 98.15 % while female literacy rate was 92.40 %.

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

Puraiyoor Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 310 - -
Population 1,325 659 666
Child (0-6) 124 63 61
Schedule Caste 431 207 224
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 95.25 % 98.15 % 92.40 %
Total Workers 543 392 151
Main Worker 541 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

Puraiyoor village of Thoothukkudi has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.53 % of total population in Puraiyoor village. The village Puraiyoor currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Puraiyoor village out of total population, 543 were engaged in work activities. 99.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 543 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 491 were Agricultural labourer.