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Punnam Population - Karur, Tamil Nadu

Punnam is a large village located in Aravakurichi Taluka of Karur district, Tamil Nadu with total 1452 families residing. The Punnam village has population of 5446 of which 2839 are males while 2607 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Punnam village population of children with age 0-6 is 427 which makes up 7.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Punnam village is 918 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Punnam as per census is 802, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Punnam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Punnam village was 73.30 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Punnam Male literacy stands at 84.86 % while female literacy rate was 60.86 %.

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

Punnam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,452 - -
Population 5,446 2,839 2,607
Child (0-6) 427 237 190
Schedule Caste 906 468 438
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.30 % 84.86 % 60.86 %
Total Workers 2,718 1,531 1,187
Main Worker 2,665 - -
Marginal Worker 53 27 26

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.64 % of total population in Punnam village. The village Punnam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Punnam village out of total population, 2718 were engaged in work activities. 98.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2718 workers engaged in Main Work, 731 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 632 were Agricultural labourer.