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Pennagar Population - Vellore, Tamil Nadu

Pennagar is a large village located in Arcot Taluka of Vellore district, Tamil Nadu with total 824 families residing. The Pennagar village has population of 3319 of which 1637 are males while 1682 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pennagar village population of children with age 0-6 is 344 which makes up 10.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pennagar village is 1027 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Pennagar as per census is 977, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Pennagar village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Pennagar village was 74.12 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Pennagar Male literacy stands at 81.82 % while female literacy rate was 66.67 %.

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

Pennagar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 824 - -
Population 3,319 1,637 1,682
Child (0-6) 344 174 170
Schedule Caste 2,051 1,014 1,037
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.12 % 81.82 % 66.67 %
Total Workers 1,454 980 474
Main Worker 1,424 - -
Marginal Worker 30 11 19

Caste Factor

In Pennagar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 61.80 % of total population in Pennagar village. The village Pennagar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pennagar village out of total population, 1454 were engaged in work activities. 97.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1454 workers engaged in Main Work, 359 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 570 were Agricultural labourer.