Puram Population - Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu

Puram is a medium size village located in Krishnagiri Taluka of Krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu with total 74 families residing. The Puram village has population of 316 of which 158 are males while 158 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puram village population of children with age 0-6 is 33 which makes up 10.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puram village is 1000 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Puram as per census is 1538, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Puram village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Puram village was 51.24 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Puram Male literacy stands at 60.00 % while female literacy rate was 42.03 %.

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	74	-	-
Population	316	158	158
Child (0-6)	33	13	20
Schedule Caste	261	134	127
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	51.24 %	60.00 %	42.03 %
Total Workers	141	99	42
Main Worker	77	-	-
Marginal Worker	64	42	22

Caste Factor

In Puram village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 82.59 % 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, 141 were engaged in work activities. 54.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 141 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.