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Paraikkulam Population - Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu

Paraikkulam is a medium size village located in Palayamkottai Taluka of Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu with total 108 families residing. The Paraikkulam village has population of 413 of which 192 are males while 221 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paraikkulam village population of children with age 0-6 is 52 which makes up 12.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paraikkulam village is 1151 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Paraikkulam as per census is 1000, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Paraikkulam village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Paraikkulam village was 89.47 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Paraikkulam Male literacy stands at 95.18 % while female literacy rate was 84.62 %.

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

Paraikkulam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 108 - -
Population 413 192 221
Child (0-6) 52 26 26
Schedule Caste 384 179 205
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.47 % 95.18 % 84.62 %
Total Workers 225 122 103
Main Worker 217 - -
Marginal Worker 8 4 4

Caste Factor

In Paraikkulam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 92.98 % of total population in Paraikkulam village. The village Paraikkulam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Paraikkulam village out of total population, 225 were engaged in work activities. 96.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 225 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 104 were Agricultural labourer.