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Pongalur Population - Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu

Pongalur is a large village located in Avanashi Taluka of Tiruppur district, Tamil Nadu with total 1198 families residing. The Pongalur village has population of 4550 of which 2198 are males while 2352 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pongalur village population of children with age 0-6 is 337 which makes up 7.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pongalur village is 1070 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Pongalur as per census is 1030, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Pongalur village has lower literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Pongalur village was 68.62 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Pongalur Male literacy stands at 75.20 % while female literacy rate was 62.49 %.

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

Pongalur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,198 - -
Population 4,550 2,198 2,352
Child (0-6) 337 166 171
Schedule Caste 1,188 554 634
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.62 % 75.20 % 62.49 %
Total Workers 2,571 1,510 1,061
Main Worker 2,420 - -
Marginal Worker 151 86 65

Caste Factor

Pongalur village of Tiruppur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.11 % of total population in Pongalur village. The village Pongalur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pongalur village out of total population, 2571 were engaged in work activities. 94.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2571 workers engaged in Main Work, 411 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 777 were Agricultural labourer.