Pungudi Population - Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu

Pungudi is a medium size village located in Chidambaram Taluka of Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu with total 119 families residing. The Pungudi village has population of 499 of which 253 are males while 246 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pungudi village population of children with age 0-6 is 70 which makes up 14.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pungudi village is 972 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Pungudi as per census is 1000, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Pungudi village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Pungudi village was 79.72 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Pungudi Male literacy stands at 94.04 % while female literacy rate was 64.93 %.

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

Pungudi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	119	-	-
Population	499	253	246
Child (0-6)	70	35	35
Schedule Caste	498	253	245
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	79.72 %	94.04 %	64.93 %
Total Workers	290	161	129
Main Worker	234	-	-
Marginal Worker	56	27	29

Caste Factor

In Pungudi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 99.80 % of total population in Pungudi village. The village Pungudi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pungudi village out of total population, 290 were engaged in work activities. 80.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 290 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 143 were Agricultural labourer.