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Ponkurichi Population - Namakkal, Tamil Nadu

Ponkurichi is a medium size village located in Rasipuram Taluka of Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu with total 204 families residing. The Ponkurichi village has population of 708 of which 361 are males while 347 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ponkurichi village population of children with age 0-6 is 54 which makes up 7.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ponkurichi village is 961 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Ponkurichi as per census is 1077, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Ponkurichi village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Ponkurichi village was 72.94 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Ponkurichi Male literacy stands at 80.60 % while female literacy rate was 64.89 %.

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

Ponkurichi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 204 - -
Population 708 361 347
Child (0-6) 54 26 28
Schedule Caste 312 160 152
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.94 % 80.60 % 64.89 %
Total Workers 483 250 233
Main Worker 472 - -
Marginal Worker 11 8 3

Caste Factor

In Ponkurichi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.07 % of total population in Ponkurichi village. The village Ponkurichi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ponkurichi village out of total population, 483 were engaged in work activities. 97.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 483 workers engaged in Main Work, 145 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 176 were Agricultural labourer.