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Pothampalayam Population - Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu

Pothampalayam is a large village located in Avanashi Taluka of Tiruppur district, Tamil Nadu with total 565 families residing. The Pothampalayam village has population of 2008 of which 1005 are males while 1003 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pothampalayam village population of children with age 0-6 is 184 which makes up 9.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pothampalayam village is 998 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Pothampalayam as per census is 978, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Pothampalayam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Pothampalayam village was 65.13 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Pothampalayam Male literacy stands at 74.45 % while female literacy rate was 55.81 %.

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

Pothampalayam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 565 - -
Population 2,008 1,005 1,003
Child (0-6) 184 93 91
Schedule Caste 366 186 180
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.13 % 74.45 % 55.81 %
Total Workers 1,261 709 552
Main Worker 1,180 - -
Marginal Worker 81 25 56

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.23 % of total population in Pothampalayam village. The village Pothampalayam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pothampalayam village out of total population, 1261 were engaged in work activities. 93.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1261 workers engaged in Main Work, 427 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 243 were Agricultural labourer.