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Puthur Population - Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu

Puthur is a large village located in Sirkali Taluka of Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu with total 738 families residing. The Puthur village has population of 2995 of which 1392 are males while 1603 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puthur village population of children with age 0-6 is 388 which makes up 12.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puthur village is 1152 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Puthur as per census is 1120, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Puthur village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Puthur village was 82.36 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Puthur Male literacy stands at 86.10 % while female literacy rate was 79.11 %.

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

Puthur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 738 - -
Population 2,995 1,392 1,603
Child (0-6) 388 183 205
Schedule Caste 938 470 468
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.36 % 86.10 % 79.11 %
Total Workers 896 653 243
Main Worker 856 - -
Marginal Worker 40 26 14

Caste Factor

Puthur village of Nagapattinam has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.32 % of total population in Puthur village. The village Puthur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Puthur village out of total population, 896 were engaged in work activities. 95.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 896 workers engaged in Main Work, 99 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 455 were Agricultural labourer.