Palayakkayal, Srivaikundam

Palayakkayal is a village located in the Eral Taluk of Thoothukudi district of Tamilnadu. The village falls in Srivaikundam block and comes under Palayakayal Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Thoothukkudi parliament constituency and Srivaikuntam assembly constituency.

As on May 2024, the current population of Palayakkayal is 5.4 thousands out of which 2.7 thousands are males and rest 2.7 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 995 females per 1000 males. There are around 560 teenagers in Palayakkayal. It has literacy rate of 78% which means around 4.2 thousands persons can read and write. Total 1.8 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 0 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 1.3 thousands households in Palayakkayal, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 2.2 thousands. The pincode of Palayakkayal is 628152 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Pazhaiyalkayal Sub Post office
• Kovankadu Branch Post office
• Agaram Branch Post office

Schools

Palayakkayal has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• St Antonys Higher Secondary School Pazhaiyakayal
• Pon Natarajan N&primary School Pazhayakayal
• Pums Pulvavilai
• St Marys Middle School Pazhayakayal
• Tndta Middle School Agaram

Hospitals

Palayakkayal has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Kovankadu Sub-Center