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Pottanam Population - Namakkal, Tamil Nadu

Pottanam is a large village located in Namakkal Taluka of Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu with total 970 families residing. The Pottanam village has population of 3369 of which 1709 are males while 1660 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pottanam village population of children with age 0-6 is 253 which makes up 7.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pottanam village is 971 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Pottanam as per census is 874, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Pottanam village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Pottanam village was 76.57 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Pottanam Male literacy stands at 84.50 % while female literacy rate was 68.48 %.

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

Pottanam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 970 - -
Population 3,369 1,709 1,660
Child (0-6) 253 135 118
Schedule Caste 766 376 390
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.57 % 84.50 % 68.48 %
Total Workers 1,880 1,045 835
Main Worker 1,511 - -
Marginal Worker 369 144 225

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.74 % of total population in Pottanam village. The village Pottanam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pottanam village out of total population, 1880 were engaged in work activities. 80.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1880 workers engaged in Main Work, 462 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 591 were Agricultural labourer.