Pungavadi Population - Salem, Tamil Nadu

Pungavadi is a large village located in Attur Taluka of Salem district, Tamil Nadu with total 941 families residing. The Pungavadi village has population of 3669 of which 1873 are males while 1796 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pungavadi village population of children with age 0-6 is 411 which makes up 11.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pungavadi village is 959 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Pungavadi as per census is 930, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Pungavadi village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Pungavadi village was 70.14 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Pungavadi Male literacy stands at 79.04 % while female literacy rate was 60.89 %.

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

Pungavadi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	941	-	-
Population	3,669	1,873	1,796
Child (0-6)	411	213	198
Schedule Caste	2,455	1,233	1,222
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	70.14 %	79.04 %	60.89 %
Total Workers	2,418	1,217	1,201
Main Worker	2,353	-	-
Marginal Worker	65	36	29

Caste Factor

In Pungavadi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 66.91 % of total population in Pungavadi village. The village Pungavadi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pungavadi village out of total population, 2418 were engaged in work activities. 97.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2418 workers engaged in Main Work, 566 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1597 were Agricultural labourer.