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Pettai Population - Karaikal, Puducherry

Pettai is a large village located in Thirunallar Taluk Communes of Karaikal district, Puducherry with total 822 families residing. The Pettai village has population of 3192 of which 1566 are males while 1626 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pettai village population of children with age 0-6 is 361 which makes up 11.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pettai village is 1038 which is higher than Puducherry state average of 1037. Child Sex Ratio for the Pettai as per census is 1006, higher than Puducherry average of 967.

Pettai village has lower literacy rate compared to Puducherry. In 2011, literacy rate of Pettai village was 83.86 % compared to 85.85 % of Puducherry. In Pettai Male literacy stands at 90.62 % while female literacy rate was 77.37 %.

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 822 - -
Population 3,192 1,566 1,626
Child (0-6) 361 180 181
Schedule Caste 661 311 350
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.86 % 90.62 % 77.37 %
Total Workers 1,155 892 263
Main Worker 895 - -
Marginal Worker 260 183 77

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.71 % 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, 1155 were engaged in work activities. 77.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1155 workers engaged in Main Work, 75 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 313 were Agricultural labourer.