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Punnam Population - Erode, Tamil Nadu

Punnam is a large village located in Bhavani Taluka of Erode district, Tamil Nadu with total 1592 families residing. The Punnam village has population of 5679 of which 2920 are males while 2759 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Punnam village population of children with age 0-6 is 616 which makes up 10.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Punnam village is 945 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Punnam as per census is 956, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Punnam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Punnam village was 54.93 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Punnam Male literacy stands at 65.11 % while female literacy rate was 44.14 %.

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

Punnam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,592 - -
Population 5,679 2,920 2,759
Child (0-6) 616 315 301
Schedule Caste 607 299 308
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 54.93 % 65.11 % 44.14 %
Total Workers 3,595 1,983 1,612
Main Worker 3,457 - -
Marginal Worker 138 49 89

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.69 % of total population in Punnam village. The village Punnam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Punnam village out of total population, 3595 were engaged in work activities. 96.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 3595 workers engaged in Main Work, 375 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2068 were Agricultural labourer.