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Ponakulam Population - Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu

Ponakulam is a large village located in Gandarvakkottai Taluka of Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu with total 492 families residing. The Ponakulam village has population of 2487 of which 1217 are males while 1270 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ponakulam village population of children with age 0-6 is 208 which makes up 8.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ponakulam village is 1044 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Ponakulam as per census is 793, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Ponakulam village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Ponakulam village was 82.27 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Ponakulam Male literacy stands at 88.19 % while female literacy rate was 76.74 %.

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

Ponakulam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 492 - -
Population 2,487 1,217 1,270
Child (0-6) 208 116 92
Schedule Caste 622 315 307
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.27 % 88.19 % 76.74 %
Total Workers 1,263 678 585
Main Worker 1,139 - -
Marginal Worker 124 46 78

Caste Factor

Ponakulam village of Pudukkottai has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.01 % of total population in Ponakulam village. The village Ponakulam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ponakulam village out of total population, 1263 were engaged in work activities. 90.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1263 workers engaged in Main Work, 534 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 442 were Agricultural labourer.