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Polagam Population - Karaikal, Puducherry

Polagam is a medium size village located in Karaikal Taluk Communes of Karaikal district, Puducherry with total 499 families residing. The Polagam village has population of 1888 of which 944 are males while 944 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Polagam village population of children with age 0-6 is 224 which makes up 11.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Polagam village is 1000 which is lower than Puducherry state average of 1037. Child Sex Ratio for the Polagam as per census is 882, lower than Puducherry average of 967.

Polagam village has lower literacy rate compared to Puducherry. In 2011, literacy rate of Polagam village was 77.22 % compared to 85.85 % of Puducherry. In Polagam Male literacy stands at 84.12 % while female literacy rate was 70.44 %.

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

Polagam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 499 - -
Population 1,888 944 944
Child (0-6) 224 119 105
Schedule Caste 571 279 292
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.22 % 84.12 % 70.44 %
Total Workers 686 508 178
Main Worker 288 - -
Marginal Worker 398 264 134

Caste Factor

Polagam village of Karaikal has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.24 % of total population in Polagam village. The village Polagam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Polagam village out of total population, 686 were engaged in work activities. 41.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 686 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.