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Puthur Population - Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu

Puthur is a medium size village located in Gingee Taluka of Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu with total 332 families residing. The Puthur village has population of 1372 of which 685 are males while 687 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puthur village population of children with age 0-6 is 168 which makes up 12.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puthur village is 1003 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Puthur as per census is 1024, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Puthur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Puthur village was 71.10 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Puthur Male literacy stands at 80.90 % while female literacy rate was 61.30 %.

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

Puthur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 332 - -
Population 1,372 685 687
Child (0-6) 168 83 85
Schedule Caste 333 170 163
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.10 % 80.90 % 61.30 %
Total Workers 730 408 322
Main Worker 567 - -
Marginal Worker 163 62 101

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.27 % of total population in Puthur village. The village Puthur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Puthur village out of total population, 730 were engaged in work activities. 77.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 730 workers engaged in Main Work, 166 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 299 were Agricultural labourer.