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Pothuvoy Population - Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu

Pothuvoy is a medium size village located in Gingee Taluka of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 356 families residing. The Pothuvoy village has population of 1626 of which 780 are males while 846 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pothuvoy village population of children with age 0-6 is 204 which makes up 12.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pothuvoy village is 1085 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Pothuvoy as per census is 1103, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Pothuvoy village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Pothuvoy village was 76.09 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Pothuvoy Male literacy stands at 85.51 % while female literacy rate was 67.39 %.

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

Pothuvoy Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 356 - -
Population 1,626 780 846
Child (0-6) 204 97 107
Schedule Caste 173 82 91
Schedule Tribe 5 1 4
Literacy 76.09 % 85.51 % 67.39 %
Total Workers 862 465 397
Main Worker 466 - -
Marginal Worker 396 209 187

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.64 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.31 % of total population in Pothuvoy village.

Work Profile

In Pothuvoy village out of total population, 862 were engaged in work activities. 54.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 862 workers engaged in Main Work, 313 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.