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Puthur Population - Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu

Puthur is a medium size village located in Thirukkuvalai Taluka of Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu with total 489 families residing. The Puthur village has population of 1794 of which 883 are males while 911 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puthur village population of children with age 0-6 is 178 which makes up 9.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puthur village is 1032 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Puthur as per census is 1070, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Puthur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Puthur village was 77.66 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Puthur Male literacy stands at 85.07 % while female literacy rate was 70.45 %.

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 489 - -
Population 1,794 883 911
Child (0-6) 178 86 92
Schedule Caste 1,229 613 616
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.66 % 85.07 % 70.45 %
Total Workers 1,098 586 512
Main Worker 1,057 - -
Marginal Worker 41 12 29

Caste Factor

In Puthur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 68.51 % 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, 1098 were engaged in work activities. 96.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1098 workers engaged in Main Work, 35 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 895 were Agricultural labourer.