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Poongulam Population - Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu

Poongulam is a medium size village located in Ponneri Taluka of Thiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu with total 485 families residing. The Poongulam village has population of 1872 of which 938 are males while 934 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Poongulam village population of children with age 0-6 is 223 which makes up 11.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Poongulam village is 996 which is equal than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Poongulam as per census is 890, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Poongulam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Poongulam village was 59.13 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Poongulam Male literacy stands at 63.41 % while female literacy rate was 54.89 %.

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

Poongulam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 485 - -
Population 1,872 938 934
Child (0-6) 223 118 105
Schedule Caste 530 267 263
Schedule Tribe 72 36 36
Literacy 59.13 % 63.41 % 54.89 %
Total Workers 684 542 142
Main Worker 621 - -
Marginal Worker 63 43 20

Caste Factor

Poongulam village of Thiruvallur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.31 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 3.85 % of total population in Poongulam village.

Work Profile

In Poongulam village out of total population, 684 were engaged in work activities. 90.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 684 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 215 were Agricultural labourer.