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Podangam Population - Namakkal, Tamil Nadu

Podangam is a medium size village located in Namakkal Taluka of Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu with total 185 families residing. The Podangam village has population of 592 of which 298 are males while 294 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Podangam village population of children with age 0-6 is 49 which makes up 8.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Podangam village is 987 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Podangam as per census is 1042, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Podangam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Podangam village was 71.45 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Podangam Male literacy stands at 81.39 % while female literacy rate was 61.34 %.

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

Podangam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 185 - -
Population 592 298 294
Child (0-6) 49 24 25
Schedule Caste 22 14 8
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.45 % 81.39 % 61.34 %
Total Workers 333 179 154
Main Worker 287 - -
Marginal Worker 46 8 38

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.72 % of total population in Podangam village. The village Podangam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Podangam village out of total population, 333 were engaged in work activities. 86.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 333 workers engaged in Main Work, 106 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 73 were Agricultural labourer.