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Poosivakkam Population - Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu

Poosivakkam is a medium size village located in Kancheepuram Taluka of Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 310 families residing. The Poosivakkam village has population of 1250 of which 632 are males while 618 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Poosivakkam village population of children with age 0-6 is 137 which makes up 10.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Poosivakkam village is 978 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Poosivakkam as per census is 713, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Poosivakkam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Poosivakkam village was 71.88 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Poosivakkam Male literacy stands at 78.99 % while female literacy rate was 64.88 %.

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

Poosivakkam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 310 - -
Population 1,250 632 618
Child (0-6) 137 80 57
Schedule Caste 797 409 388
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.88 % 78.99 % 64.88 %
Total Workers 583 334 249
Main Worker 505 - -
Marginal Worker 78 38 40

Caste Factor

In Poosivakkam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 63.76 % of total population in Poosivakkam village. The village Poosivakkam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Poosivakkam village out of total population, 583 were engaged in work activities. 86.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 583 workers engaged in Main Work, 82 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 330 were Agricultural labourer.