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Ponnimedu Population - Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu

Ponnimedu is a medium size village located in Tiruvannamalai Taluka of Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu with total 250 families residing. The Ponnimedu village has population of 1086 of which 539 are males while 547 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ponnimedu village population of children with age 0-6 is 141 which makes up 12.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ponnimedu village is 1015 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Ponnimedu as per census is 932, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Ponnimedu village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Ponnimedu village was 55.34 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Ponnimedu Male literacy stands at 64.16 % while female literacy rate was 46.76 %.

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

Ponnimedu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 250 - -
Population 1,086 539 547
Child (0-6) 141 73 68
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 634 315 319
Literacy 55.34 % 64.16 % 46.76 %
Total Workers 651 330 321
Main Worker 482 - -
Marginal Worker 169 76 93

Caste Factor

In Ponnimedu village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 58.38 % of total population in Ponnimedu village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Ponnimedu village of Tiruvannamalai.

Work Profile

In Ponnimedu village out of total population, 651 were engaged in work activities. 74.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 651 workers engaged in Main Work, 85 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 293 were Agricultural labourer.