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Pottipuram Population - Salem, Tamil Nadu

Pottipuram is a large village located in Omalur Taluka of Salem district, Tamil Nadu with total 1603 families residing. The Pottipuram village has population of 6070 of which 3218 are males while 2852 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pottipuram village population of children with age 0-6 is 607 which makes up 10.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pottipuram village is 886 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Pottipuram as per census is 823, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Pottipuram village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Pottipuram village was 61.60 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Pottipuram Male literacy stands at 71.44 % while female literacy rate was 50.58 %.

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

Pottipuram Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,603 - -
Population 6,070 3,218 2,852
Child (0-6) 607 333 274
Schedule Caste 1,725 915 810
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.60 % 71.44 % 50.58 %
Total Workers 3,048 1,921 1,127
Main Worker 2,814 - -
Marginal Worker 234 80 154

Caste Factor

Pottipuram village of Salem has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.42 % of total population in Pottipuram village. The village Pottipuram currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pottipuram village out of total population, 3048 were engaged in work activities. 92.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 3048 workers engaged in Main Work, 258 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1512 were Agricultural labourer.