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Sellur Population - Karaikal, Puducherry

Sellur is a large village located in Thirunallar Taluk Communes of Karaikal district, Puducherry with total 670 families residing. The Sellur village has population of 2482 of which 1210 are males while 1272 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sellur village population of children with age 0-6 is 262 which makes up 10.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sellur village is 1051 which is higher than Puducherry state average of 1037. Child Sex Ratio for the Sellur as per census is 1047, higher than Puducherry average of 967.

Sellur village has lower literacy rate compared to Puducherry. In 2011, literacy rate of Sellur village was 80.95 % compared to 85.85 % of Puducherry. In Sellur Male literacy stands at 88.82 % while female literacy rate was 73.46 %.

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

Sellur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 670 - -
Population 2,482 1,210 1,272
Child (0-6) 262 128 134
Schedule Caste 675 346 329
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.95 % 88.82 % 73.46 %
Total Workers 805 654 151
Main Worker 657 - -
Marginal Worker 148 126 22

Caste Factor

Sellur village of Karaikal has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.20 % of total population in Sellur village. The village Sellur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sellur village out of total population, 805 were engaged in work activities. 81.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 805 workers engaged in Main Work, 12 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 257 were Agricultural labourer.