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Palankottai Population - Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu

Palankottai is a large village located in Sankarankoil Taluka of Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu with total 2201 families residing. The Palankottai village has population of 7915 of which 3900 are males while 4015 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palankottai village population of children with age 0-6 is 929 which makes up 11.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palankottai village is 1029 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Palankottai as per census is 1015, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Palankottai village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Palankottai village was 74.46 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Palankottai Male literacy stands at 84.44 % while female literacy rate was 64.79 %.

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

Palankottai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 2,201 - -
Population 7,915 3,900 4,015
Child (0-6) 929 461 468
Schedule Caste 5,682 2,762 2,920
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.46 % 84.44 % 64.79 %
Total Workers 4,238 2,260 1,978
Main Worker 3,139 - -
Marginal Worker 1,099 473 626

Caste Factor

In Palankottai village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 71.79 % of total population in Palankottai village. The village Palankottai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palankottai village out of total population, 4238 were engaged in work activities. 74.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 4238 workers engaged in Main Work, 443 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1661 were Agricultural labourer.