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Ponganthurai Population - Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu

Ponganthurai is a medium size village located in Dharapuram Taluka of Tiruppur district, Tamil Nadu with total 445 families residing. The Ponganthurai village has population of 1386 of which 697 are males while 689 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ponganthurai village population of children with age 0-6 is 84 which makes up 6.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ponganthurai village is 989 which is lower than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Ponganthurai as per census is 680, lower than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Ponganthurai village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Ponganthurai village was 61.98 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Ponganthurai Male literacy stands at 71.25 % while female literacy rate was 52.82 %.

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

Ponganthurai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 445 - -
Population 1,386 697 689
Child (0-6) 84 50 34
Schedule Caste 244 124 120
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.98 % 71.25 % 52.82 %
Total Workers 960 506 454
Main Worker 901 - -
Marginal Worker 59 19 40

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.60 % of total population in Ponganthurai village. The village Ponganthurai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ponganthurai village out of total population, 960 were engaged in work activities. 93.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 960 workers engaged in Main Work, 349 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 370 were Agricultural labourer.