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Tenpottai Population - Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu

Tenpottai is a large village located in Shenkottai Taluka of Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu with total 1393 families residing. The Tenpottai village has population of 5250 of which 2629 are males while 2621 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tenpottai village population of children with age 0-6 is 587 which makes up 11.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tenpottai village is 997 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Tenpottai as per census is 950, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Tenpottai village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Tenpottai village was 73.36 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Tenpottai Male literacy stands at 81.92 % while female literacy rate was 64.84 %.

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

Tenpottai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,393 - -
Population 5,250 2,629 2,621
Child (0-6) 587 301 286
Schedule Caste 1,797 905 892
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.36 % 81.92 % 64.84 %
Total Workers 2,729 1,666 1,063
Main Worker 2,518 - -
Marginal Worker 211 111 100

Caste Factor

Tenpottai village of Tirunelveli has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.23 % of total population in Tenpottai village. The village Tenpottai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Tenpottai village out of total population, 2729 were engaged in work activities. 92.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2729 workers engaged in Main Work, 385 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1286 were Agricultural labourer.