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Puthagaram Population - Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu

Puthagaram is a medium size village located in Kancheepuram Taluka of Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 476 families residing. The Puthagaram village has population of 1817 of which 909 are males while 908 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puthagaram village population of children with age 0-6 is 194 which makes up 10.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puthagaram village is 999 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Puthagaram as per census is 980, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Puthagaram village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Puthagaram village was 71.97 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Puthagaram Male literacy stands at 83.97 % while female literacy rate was 59.98 %.

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

Puthagaram Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 476 - -
Population 1,817 909 908
Child (0-6) 194 98 96
Schedule Caste 496 258 238
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 71.97 % 83.97 % 59.98 %
Total Workers 912 526 386
Main Worker 758 - -
Marginal Worker 154 58 96

Caste Factor

Puthagaram village of Kancheepuram has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.30 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.06 % of total population in Puthagaram village.

Work Profile

In Puthagaram village out of total population, 912 were engaged in work activities. 83.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 912 workers engaged in Main Work, 109 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 346 were Agricultural labourer.