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Ponmala Population - Malappuram, Kerala

Ponmala is a large village located in Tirur Taluka of Malappuram district, Kerala with total 6237 families residing. The Ponmala village has population of 33922 of which 16087 are males while 17835 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ponmala village population of children with age 0-6 is 5137 which makes up 15.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ponmala village is 1109 which is higher than Kerala state average of 1084. Child Sex Ratio for the Ponmala as per census is 913, lower than Kerala average of 964.

Ponmala village has higher literacy rate compared to Kerala. In 2011, literacy rate of Ponmala village was 94.21 % compared to 94.00 % of Kerala. In Ponmala Male literacy stands at 96.11 % while female literacy rate was 92.56 %.

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

Ponmala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 6,237 - -
Population 33,922 16,087 17,835
Child (0-6) 5,137 2,685 2,452
Schedule Caste 1,387 705 682
Schedule Tribe 88 47 41
Literacy 94.21 % 96.11 % 92.56 %
Total Workers 7,869 6,794 1,075
Main Worker 6,535 - -
Marginal Worker 1,334 937 397

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.09 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.26 % of total population in Ponmala village.

Work Profile

In Ponmala village out of total population, 7869 were engaged in work activities. 83.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 7869 workers engaged in Main Work, 572 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 705 were Agricultural labourer.