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Podavur Population - Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu

Podavur is a medium size village located in Sriperumbudur Taluka of Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 396 families residing. The Podavur village has population of 1514 of which 731 are males while 783 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Podavur village population of children with age 0-6 is 167 which makes up 11.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Podavur village is 1071 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Podavur as per census is 1062, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Podavur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Podavur village was 72.53 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Podavur Male literacy stands at 84.62 % while female literacy rate was 61.26 %.

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

Podavur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 396 - -
Population 1,514 731 783
Child (0-6) 167 81 86
Schedule Caste 551 265 286
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.53 % 84.62 % 61.26 %
Total Workers 699 435 264
Main Worker 478 - -
Marginal Worker 221 110 111

Caste Factor

In Podavur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.39 % of total population in Podavur village. The village Podavur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Podavur village out of total population, 699 were engaged in work activities. 68.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 699 workers engaged in Main Work, 41 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 175 were Agricultural labourer.