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Pettai Population - Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu

Pettai is a large village located in Tirunelveli Taluka of Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu with total 603 families residing. The Pettai village has population of 2345 of which 1182 are males while 1163 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pettai village population of children with age 0-6 is 238 which makes up 10.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pettai village is 984 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Pettai as per census is 874, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Pettai village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Pettai village was 94.64 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Pettai Male literacy stands at 98.20 % while female literacy rate was 91.06 %.

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

Pettai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 603 - -
Population 2,345 1,182 1,163
Child (0-6) 238 127 111
Schedule Caste 260 124 136
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 94.64 % 98.20 % 91.06 %
Total Workers 884 653 231
Main Worker 864 - -
Marginal Worker 20 10 10

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.09 % of total population in Pettai village. The village Pettai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pettai village out of total population, 884 were engaged in work activities. 97.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 884 workers engaged in Main Work, 92 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 53 were Agricultural labourer.