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Poonthandalam Population - Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu

Poonthandalam is a medium size village located in Uthiramerur Taluka of Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 148 families residing. The Poonthandalam village has population of 559 of which 282 are males while 277 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Poonthandalam village population of children with age 0-6 is 62 which makes up 11.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Poonthandalam village is 982 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Poonthandalam as per census is 1067, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Poonthandalam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Poonthandalam village was 72.03 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Poonthandalam Male literacy stands at 80.16 % while female literacy rate was 63.67 %.

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

Poonthandalam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 148 - -
Population 559 282 277
Child (0-6) 62 30 32
Schedule Caste 70 39 31
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.03 % 80.16 % 63.67 %
Total Workers 239 166 73
Main Worker 232 - -
Marginal Worker 7 5 2

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.52 % of total population in Poonthandalam village. The village Poonthandalam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Poonthandalam village out of total population, 239 were engaged in work activities. 97.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 239 workers engaged in Main Work, 23 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 178 were Agricultural labourer.