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Palangulam Population - Thoothukkudi, Tamil Nadu

Palangulam is a large village located in Sathankulam Taluka of Thoothukkudi district, Tamil Nadu with total 1468 families residing. The Palangulam village has population of 5616 of which 2622 are males while 2994 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palangulam village population of children with age 0-6 is 560 which makes up 9.97 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palangulam village is 1142 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Palangulam as per census is 1007, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Palangulam village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Palangulam village was 87.08 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Palangulam Male literacy stands at 91.25 % while female literacy rate was 83.49 %.

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

Palangulam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,468 - -
Population 5,616 2,622 2,994
Child (0-6) 560 279 281
Schedule Caste 867 419 448
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.08 % 91.25 % 83.49 %
Total Workers 2,473 1,454 1,019
Main Worker 1,968 - -
Marginal Worker 505 198 307

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.44 % of total population in Palangulam village. The village Palangulam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palangulam village out of total population, 2473 were engaged in work activities. 79.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2473 workers engaged in Main Work, 341 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 756 were Agricultural labourer.