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Pungankulam Population - Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Pungankulam is a medium size village located in Thirumangalam Taluka of Madurai district, Tamil Nadu with total 362 families residing. The Pungankulam village has population of 1317 of which 654 are males while 663 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pungankulam village population of children with age 0-6 is 131 which makes up 9.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pungankulam village is 1014 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Pungankulam as per census is 955, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Pungankulam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Pungankulam village was 77.66 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Pungankulam Male literacy stands at 86.71 % while female literacy rate was 68.78 %.

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

Pungankulam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 362 - -
Population 1,317 654 663
Child (0-6) 131 67 64
Schedule Caste 635 313 322
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.66 % 86.71 % 68.78 %
Total Workers 841 407 434
Main Worker 787 - -
Marginal Worker 54 27 27

Caste Factor

In Pungankulam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 48.22 % of total population in Pungankulam village. The village Pungankulam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pungankulam village out of total population, 841 were engaged in work activities. 93.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 841 workers engaged in Main Work, 68 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 647 were Agricultural labourer.