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Poonthottam Population - Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu

Poonthottam is a medium size village located in Valangaiman Taluka of Thiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu with total 346 families residing. The Poonthottam village has population of 1485 of which 739 are males while 746 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Poonthottam village population of children with age 0-6 is 166 which makes up 11.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Poonthottam village is 1009 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Poonthottam as per census is 886, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Poonthottam village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Poonthottam village was 81.50 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Poonthottam Male literacy stands at 87.25 % while female literacy rate was 75.90 %.

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

Poonthottam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 346 - -
Population 1,485 739 746
Child (0-6) 166 88 78
Schedule Caste 915 464 451
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.50 % 87.25 % 75.90 %
Total Workers 612 429 183
Main Worker 355 - -
Marginal Worker 257 162 95

Caste Factor

In Poonthottam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 61.62 % of total population in Poonthottam village. The village Poonthottam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Poonthottam village out of total population, 612 were engaged in work activities. 58.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 612 workers engaged in Main Work, 91 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 196 were Agricultural labourer.