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Thenkulam Population - Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu

Thenkulam is a large village located in Tirunelveli Taluka of Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu with total 805 families residing. The Thenkulam village has population of 2911 of which 1408 are males while 1503 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Thenkulam village population of children with age 0-6 is 304 which makes up 10.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Thenkulam village is 1067 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Thenkulam as per census is 1054, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Thenkulam village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Thenkulam village was 83.85 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Thenkulam Male literacy stands at 90.63 % while female literacy rate was 77.51 %.

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

Thenkulam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 805 - -
Population 2,911 1,408 1,503
Child (0-6) 304 148 156
Schedule Caste 1,549 761 788
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.85 % 90.63 % 77.51 %
Total Workers 1,267 796 471
Main Worker 1,077 - -
Marginal Worker 190 126 64

Caste Factor

In Thenkulam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 53.21 % of total population in Thenkulam village. The village Thenkulam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Thenkulam village out of total population, 1267 were engaged in work activities. 85.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1267 workers engaged in Main Work, 74 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 263 were Agricultural labourer.