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Perunkottur Population - Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu

Perunkottur is a large village located in Sankarankoil Taluka of Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu with total 627 families residing. The Perunkottur village has population of 2339 of which 1120 are males while 1219 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Perunkottur village population of children with age 0-6 is 235 which makes up 10.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Perunkottur village is 1088 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Perunkottur as per census is 1043, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Perunkottur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Perunkottur village was 75.81 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Perunkottur Male literacy stands at 86.87 % while female literacy rate was 65.70 %.

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

Perunkottur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 627 - -
Population 2,339 1,120 1,219
Child (0-6) 235 115 120
Schedule Caste 1,811 868 943
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.81 % 86.87 % 65.70 %
Total Workers 1,275 663 612
Main Worker 1,206 - -
Marginal Worker 69 11 58

Caste Factor

In Perunkottur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 77.43 % of total population in Perunkottur village. The village Perunkottur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Perunkottur village out of total population, 1275 were engaged in work activities. 94.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1275 workers engaged in Main Work, 179 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 868 were Agricultural labourer.