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Palaiakottai Population - Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu

Palaiakottai is a medium size village located in Uthangarai Taluka of Krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu with total 335 families residing. The Palaiakottai village has population of 1333 of which 692 are males while 641 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palaiakottai village population of children with age 0-6 is 158 which makes up 11.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palaiakottai village is 926 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Palaiakottai as per census is 837, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Palaiakottai village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Palaiakottai village was 75.40 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Palaiakottai Male literacy stands at 84.16 % while female literacy rate was 66.08 %.

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

Palaiakottai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 335 - -
Population 1,333 692 641
Child (0-6) 158 86 72
Schedule Caste 847 449 398
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.40 % 84.16 % 66.08 %
Total Workers 500 349 151
Main Worker 477 - -
Marginal Worker 23 15 8

Caste Factor

In Palaiakottai village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 63.54 % of total population in Palaiakottai village. The village Palaiakottai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palaiakottai village out of total population, 500 were engaged in work activities. 95.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 500 workers engaged in Main Work, 85 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 243 were Agricultural labourer.