Puram is a medium size village located in Hosur Taluka of Krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu with total 140 families residing. The Puram village has population of 589 of which 318 are males while 271 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Puram village population of children with age 0-6 is 60 which makes up 10.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puram village is 852 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Puram as per census is 935, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.
Puram village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Puram village was 75.43 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Puram Male literacy stands at 85.37 % while female literacy rate was 63.64 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Puram 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 Puram village.
Puram Data
| Particulars |
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Total No. of Houses |
140 |
- |
- |
| Population |
589 |
318 |
271 |
| Child (0-6) |
60 |
31 |
29 |
| Schedule Caste |
264 |
147 |
117 |
| Schedule Tribe |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Literacy |
75.43 % |
85.37 % |
63.64 % |
| Total Workers |
213 |
175 |
38 |
| Main Worker |
118 |
- |
- |
| Marginal Worker |
95 |
81 |
14 |
Caste Factor
In Puram village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC).
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.82 % of total population in Puram village.
The village Puram currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.
Work Profile
In Puram village out of total population, 213 were engaged in work activities. 55.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Of 213 workers engaged in Main Work, 16 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.