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Thoothukkudi villages

Tamil Nadu · Thoothukkudi · Srivaikuntam

Cherakulam

4,837
people at the 2011 Census · 2,370 male, 2,467 female

Population

Population
4,837India 121.09 Cr

Literacy

Literacy
82.38%India 72.98%
Male Lit.
88.51%India 80.88%
Female Lit.
76.62%India 64.63%
Lit. Gap
11.89 ppIndia 16.25 pp

Society

Sex Ratio
1041 / 1000India 943 / 1000
Child Sex Ratio
860 / 1000India 918 / 1000
Under 7
10.46%India 13.59%
SC %
6.49%India 16.63%
ST %
0.31%India 8.63%
Household
3.76India 4.85

Work

Workers
48.79%India 39.80%
Female Work
39.97%India 25.52%
Main Workers
99.28%India 75.24%
Non-Workers
51.21%India 60.20%

This village is classified entirely rural at the 2011 Census, so urban population share does not apply. Density, land area and decadal growth are not published in the Primary Census Abstract. See Methodology.

Cherakulam in context

With 4,837 people at the 2011 Census, Cherakulam was the 34th most populous of its district's 439 villages, above the district average of 1,989.

The sex ratio was 1041 women per 1,000 men (12 above the district's rural figure of 1029) — one of the minority of villages where women outnumbered men. Among children aged 0–6 the ratio was 860, 63 below the rural national 923.