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Pungamuthur Population - Dindigul, Tamil Nadu

Pungamuthur is a medium size village located in Oddanchatram Taluka of Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu with total 365 families residing. The Pungamuthur village has population of 1165 of which 583 are males while 582 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pungamuthur village population of children with age 0-6 is 90 which makes up 7.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pungamuthur village is 998 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Pungamuthur as per census is 765, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Pungamuthur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Pungamuthur village was 74.33 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Pungamuthur Male literacy stands at 79.32 % while female literacy rate was 69.43 %.

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

Pungamuthur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 365 - -
Population 1,165 583 582
Child (0-6) 90 51 39
Schedule Caste 253 119 134
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.33 % 79.32 % 69.43 %
Total Workers 789 416 373
Main Worker 557 - -
Marginal Worker 232 113 119

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.72 % of total population in Pungamuthur village. The village Pungamuthur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pungamuthur village out of total population, 789 were engaged in work activities. 70.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 789 workers engaged in Main Work, 432 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 42 were Agricultural labourer.