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Punnai Population - Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu

Punnai is a medium size village located in Vandavasi Taluka of Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu with total 500 families residing. The Punnai village has population of 1909 of which 956 are males while 953 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Punnai village population of children with age 0-6 is 168 which makes up 8.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Punnai village is 997 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Punnai as per census is 787, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Punnai village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Punnai village was 61.52 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Punnai Male literacy stands at 70.65 % while female literacy rate was 52.56 %.

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

Punnai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 500 - -
Population 1,909 956 953
Child (0-6) 168 94 74
Schedule Caste 595 294 301
Schedule Tribe 56 28 28
Literacy 61.52 % 70.65 % 52.56 %
Total Workers 1,078 605 473
Main Worker 1,071 - -
Marginal Worker 7 3 4

Caste Factor

Punnai village of Tiruvannamalai has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.17 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.93 % of total population in Punnai village.

Work Profile

In Punnai village out of total population, 1078 were engaged in work activities. 99.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1078 workers engaged in Main Work, 100 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 814 were Agricultural labourer.