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Karaikal villages

Puducherry · Karaikal · Thirunallar Taluk

Pettai

3,192
people at the 2011 Census · 1,566 male, 1,626 female

Population

Population
3,192India 121.09 Cr

Literacy

Literacy
83.86%India 72.98%
Male Lit.
90.62%India 80.88%
Female Lit.
77.37%India 64.63%
Lit. Gap
13.25 ppIndia 16.25 pp

Society

Sex Ratio
1038 / 1000India 943 / 1000
Child Sex Ratio
1006 / 1000India 918 / 1000
Under 7
11.31%India 13.59%
SC %
20.71%India 16.63%
ST %
0.00%India 8.63%
Household
3.88India 4.85

Work

Workers
36.18%India 39.80%
Female Work
16.17%India 25.52%
Main Workers
77.49%India 75.24%
Non-Workers
63.82%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.

Pettai in context

With 3,192 people at the 2011 Census, Pettai was the 15th most populous of its district's 28 villages, below the district average of 3,647.

The sex ratio was 1038 women per 1,000 men (level with the district's rural figure of 1037) — one of the minority of villages where women outnumbered men. Among children aged 0–6 the ratio was 1006, 83 above the rural national 923.