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Palangunam Population - Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu

Palangunam is a medium size village located in Ulundurpettai Taluka of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 115 families residing. The Palangunam village has population of 671 of which 345 are males while 326 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palangunam village population of children with age 0-6 is 122 which makes up 18.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palangunam village is 945 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Palangunam as per census is 794, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Palangunam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Palangunam village was 49.54 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Palangunam Male literacy stands at 55.96 % while female literacy rate was 43.01 %.

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

Palangunam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 115 - -
Population 671 345 326
Child (0-6) 122 68 54
Schedule Caste 671 345 326
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 49.54 % 55.96 % 43.01 %
Total Workers 363 195 168
Main Worker 82 - -
Marginal Worker 281 136 145

Caste Factor

In Palangunam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Palangunam village. The village Palangunam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palangunam village out of total population, 363 were engaged in work activities. 22.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 77.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 363 workers engaged in Main Work, 23 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.