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Poiganatham Population - Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu

Poiganatham is a medium size village located in Kurinjipadi Taluka of Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu with total 159 families residing. The Poiganatham village has population of 631 of which 309 are males while 322 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Poiganatham village population of children with age 0-6 is 72 which makes up 11.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Poiganatham village is 1042 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Poiganatham as per census is 1000, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Poiganatham village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Poiganatham village was 72.81 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Poiganatham Male literacy stands at 85.35 % while female literacy rate was 60.84 %.

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

Poiganatham Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 159 - -
Population 631 309 322
Child (0-6) 72 36 36
Schedule Caste 217 108 109
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.81 % 85.35 % 60.84 %
Total Workers 322 157 165
Main Worker 289 - -
Marginal Worker 33 3 30

Caste Factor

Poiganatham village of Cuddalore has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.39 % of total population in Poiganatham village. The village Poiganatham currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Poiganatham village out of total population, 322 were engaged in work activities. 89.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 322 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 268 were Agricultural labourer.