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Porkunnam Population - Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu

Porkunnam is a large village located in Tiruvannamalai Taluka of Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu with total 670 families residing. The Porkunnam village has population of 2799 of which 1426 are males while 1373 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Porkunnam village population of children with age 0-6 is 329 which makes up 11.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Porkunnam village is 963 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Porkunnam as per census is 970, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Porkunnam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Porkunnam village was 72.67 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Porkunnam Male literacy stands at 83.48 % while female literacy rate was 61.44 %.

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

Porkunnam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 670 - -
Population 2,799 1,426 1,373
Child (0-6) 329 167 162
Schedule Caste 714 357 357
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.67 % 83.48 % 61.44 %
Total Workers 1,679 909 770
Main Worker 1,645 - -
Marginal Worker 34 16 18

Caste Factor

Porkunnam village of Tiruvannamalai has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.51 % of total population in Porkunnam village. The village Porkunnam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Porkunnam village out of total population, 1679 were engaged in work activities. 97.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1679 workers engaged in Main Work, 986 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 522 were Agricultural labourer.