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Ponnur Population - Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu

Ponnur is a medium size village located in Mayiladuthurai Taluka of Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu with total 383 families residing. The Ponnur village has population of 1564 of which 792 are males while 772 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ponnur village population of children with age 0-6 is 119 which makes up 7.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ponnur village is 975 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Ponnur as per census is 1017, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Ponnur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Ponnur village was 75.36 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Ponnur Male literacy stands at 84.86 % while female literacy rate was 65.59 %.

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

Ponnur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 383 - -
Population 1,564 792 772
Child (0-6) 119 59 60
Schedule Caste 511 248 263
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.36 % 84.86 % 65.59 %
Total Workers 651 489 162
Main Worker 54 - -
Marginal Worker 597 445 152

Caste Factor

Ponnur village of Nagapattinam has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.67 % of total population in Ponnur village. The village Ponnur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ponnur village out of total population, 651 were engaged in work activities. 8.29 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 91.71 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 651 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.