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Punachpady Population - Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka

Punachpady is a medium size village located in Puttur Taluka of Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka with total 332 families residing. The Punachpady village has population of 1510 of which 760 are males while 750 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Punachpady village population of children with age 0-6 is 117 which makes up 7.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Punachpady village is 987 which is higher than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Punachpady as per census is 648, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Punachpady village has higher literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Punachpady village was 83.56 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Punachpady Male literacy stands at 88.24 % while female literacy rate was 78.98 %.

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

Punachpady Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 332 - -
Population 1,510 760 750
Child (0-6) 117 71 46
Schedule Caste 489 249 240
Schedule Tribe 145 74 71
Literacy 83.56 % 88.24 % 78.98 %
Total Workers 892 517 375
Main Worker 790 - -
Marginal Worker 102 16 86

Caste Factor

Punachpady village of Dakshina Kannada has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.38 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 9.60 % of total population in Punachpady village.

Work Profile

In Punachpady village out of total population, 892 were engaged in work activities. 88.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 892 workers engaged in Main Work, 48 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.