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Puthur Population - Salem, Tamil Nadu

Puthur is a medium size village located in Yercaud Taluka of Salem district, Tamil Nadu with total 296 families residing. The Puthur village has population of 1106 of which 543 are males while 563 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puthur village population of children with age 0-6 is 142 which makes up 12.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puthur village is 1037 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Puthur as per census is 1058, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Puthur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Puthur village was 44.71 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Puthur Male literacy stands at 53.16 % while female literacy rate was 36.53 %.

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

Puthur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 296 - -
Population 1,106 543 563
Child (0-6) 142 69 73
Schedule Caste 5 2 3
Schedule Tribe 1,047 512 535
Literacy 44.71 % 53.16 % 36.53 %
Total Workers 621 339 282
Main Worker 596 - -
Marginal Worker 25 1 24

Caste Factor

In Puthur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 94.67 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.45 % of total population in Puthur village.

Work Profile

In Puthur village out of total population, 621 were engaged in work activities. 95.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 621 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.