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Puthukkarai Population - Erode, Tamil Nadu

Puthukkarai is a medium size village located in Gobichettipalayam Taluka of Erode district, Tamil Nadu with total 440 families residing. The Puthukkarai village has population of 1473 of which 748 are males while 725 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puthukkarai village population of children with age 0-6 is 140 which makes up 9.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puthukkarai village is 969 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Puthukkarai as per census is 818, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Puthukkarai village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Puthukkarai village was 60.84 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Puthukkarai Male literacy stands at 68.41 % while female literacy rate was 53.17 %.

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

Puthukkarai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 440 - -
Population 1,473 748 725
Child (0-6) 140 77 63
Schedule Caste 227 116 111
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.84 % 68.41 % 53.17 %
Total Workers 840 468 372
Main Worker 833 - -
Marginal Worker 7 4 3

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.41 % of total population in Puthukkarai village. The village Puthukkarai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Puthukkarai village out of total population, 840 were engaged in work activities. 99.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 840 workers engaged in Main Work, 62 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 630 were Agricultural labourer.