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Puthagaram Population - Vellore, Tamil Nadu

Puthagaram is a large village located in Tirupathur Taluka of Vellore district, Tamil Nadu with total 2265 families residing. The Puthagaram village has population of 9434 of which 4831 are males while 4603 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puthagaram village population of children with age 0-6 is 1150 which makes up 12.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puthagaram village is 953 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Puthagaram as per census is 920, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Puthagaram village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Puthagaram village was 70.34 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Puthagaram Male literacy stands at 78.92 % while female literacy rate was 61.38 %.

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 2,265 - -
Population 9,434 4,831 4,603
Child (0-6) 1,150 599 551
Schedule Caste 922 457 465
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.34 % 78.92 % 61.38 %
Total Workers 4,825 2,738 2,087
Main Worker 4,309 - -
Marginal Worker 516 249 267

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.77 % of total population in Puthagaram village. The village Puthagaram currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Puthagaram village out of total population, 4825 were engaged in work activities. 89.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 4825 workers engaged in Main Work, 537 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1429 were Agricultural labourer.