Poovalur Population - Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu

Poovalur is a medium size village located in Pattukkottai Taluka of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu with total 389 families residing. The Poovalur village has population of 1331 of which 626 are males while 705 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Poovalur village population of children with age 0-6 is 102 which makes up 7.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Poovalur village is 1126 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Poovalur as per census is 1318, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Poovalur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Poovalur village was 75.92 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Poovalur Male literacy stands at 84.88 % while female literacy rate was 67.85 %.

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

Poovalur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	389	-	-
Population	1,331	626	705
Child (0-6)	102	44	58
Schedule Caste	673	329	344
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	75.92 %	84.88 %	67.85 %
Total Workers	447	366	81
Main Worker	423	-	-
Marginal Worker	24	13	11

Caste Factor

In Poovalur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.56 % of total population in Poovalur village. The village Poovalur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Poovalur village out of total population, 447 were engaged in work activities. 94.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 447 workers engaged in Main Work, 116 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 266 were Agricultural labourer.