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Punganur Population - Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu

Punganur is a large village located in Sirkali Taluka of Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu with total 768 families residing. The Punganur village has population of 3048 of which 1412 are males while 1636 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Punganur village population of children with age 0-6 is 387 which makes up 12.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Punganur village is 1159 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Punganur as per census is 985, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Punganur village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Punganur village was 80.87 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Punganur Male literacy stands at 87.35 % while female literacy rate was 75.42 %.

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

Punganur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 768 - -
Population 3,048 1,412 1,636
Child (0-6) 387 195 192
Schedule Caste 1,539 772 767
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.87 % 87.35 % 75.42 %
Total Workers 1,208 746 462
Main Worker 903 - -
Marginal Worker 305 159 146

Caste Factor

In Punganur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.49 % of total population in Punganur village. The village Punganur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Punganur village out of total population, 1208 were engaged in work activities. 74.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1208 workers engaged in Main Work, 77 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 636 were Agricultural labourer.