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Maruthur Population - Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu

Maruthur is a medium size village located in Palayamkottai Taluka of Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu with total 334 families residing. The Maruthur village has population of 1247 of which 606 are males while 641 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maruthur village population of children with age 0-6 is 140 which makes up 11.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maruthur village is 1058 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Maruthur as per census is 867, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Maruthur village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Maruthur village was 80.49 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Maruthur Male literacy stands at 87.76 % while female literacy rate was 73.78 %.

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

Maruthur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 334 - -
Population 1,247 606 641
Child (0-6) 140 75 65
Schedule Caste 216 107 109
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.49 % 87.76 % 73.78 %
Total Workers 647 369 278
Main Worker 570 - -
Marginal Worker 77 27 50

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.32 % of total population in Maruthur village. The village Maruthur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Maruthur village out of total population, 647 were engaged in work activities. 88.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 647 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 260 were Agricultural labourer.