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Pungunam Population - Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu

Pungunam is a medium size village located in Viluppuram Taluka of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 120 families residing. The Pungunam village has population of 492 of which 243 are males while 249 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pungunam village population of children with age 0-6 is 61 which makes up 12.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pungunam village is 1025 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Pungunam as per census is 1033, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Pungunam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Pungunam village was 68.45 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Pungunam Male literacy stands at 74.65 % while female literacy rate was 62.39 %.

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

Pungunam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 120 - -
Population 492 243 249
Child (0-6) 61 30 31
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.45 % 74.65 % 62.39 %
Total Workers 203 135 68
Main Worker 157 - -
Marginal Worker 46 20 26

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Pungunam village of Viluppuram district.

Work Profile

In Pungunam village out of total population, 203 were engaged in work activities. 77.34 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.66 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 203 workers engaged in Main Work, 117 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.