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Puliyur Population - Salem, Tamil Nadu

Puliyur is a medium size village located in Yercaud Taluka of Salem district, Tamil Nadu with total 370 families residing. The Puliyur village has population of 1392 of which 703 are males while 689 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puliyur village population of children with age 0-6 is 166 which makes up 11.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puliyur village is 980 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Puliyur as per census is 953, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Puliyur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Puliyur village was 61.42 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Puliyur Male literacy stands at 72.98 % while female literacy rate was 49.67 %.

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

Puliyur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 370 - -
Population 1,392 703 689
Child (0-6) 166 85 81
Schedule Caste 121 64 57
Schedule Tribe 1,165 591 574
Literacy 61.42 % 72.98 % 49.67 %
Total Workers 784 412 372
Main Worker 756 - -
Marginal Worker 28 12 16

Caste Factor

In Puliyur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 83.69 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 8.69 % of total population in Puliyur village.

Work Profile

In Puliyur village out of total population, 784 were engaged in work activities. 96.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 784 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.