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Punavasal Population - Salem, Tamil Nadu

Punavasal is a large village located in Attur Taluka of Salem district, Tamil Nadu with total 1051 families residing. The Punavasal village has population of 4051 of which 2072 are males while 1979 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Punavasal village population of children with age 0-6 is 457 which makes up 11.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Punavasal village is 955 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Punavasal as per census is 912, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Punavasal village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Punavasal village was 74.10 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Punavasal Male literacy stands at 84.23 % while female literacy rate was 63.54 %.

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

Punavasal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,051 - -
Population 4,051 2,072 1,979
Child (0-6) 457 239 218
Schedule Caste 1,548 804 744
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.10 % 84.23 % 63.54 %
Total Workers 2,481 1,258 1,223
Main Worker 1,987 - -
Marginal Worker 494 242 252

Caste Factor

In Punavasal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 38.21 % of total population in Punavasal village. The village Punavasal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Punavasal village out of total population, 2481 were engaged in work activities. 80.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2481 workers engaged in Main Work, 740 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 992 were Agricultural labourer.