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Ponbethy Population - Karaikal, Puducherry

Ponbethy is a large village located in Thirunallar Taluk Communes of Karaikal district, Puducherry with total 668 families residing. The Ponbethy village has population of 2604 of which 1289 are males while 1315 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ponbethy village population of children with age 0-6 is 304 which makes up 11.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ponbethy village is 1020 which is lower than Puducherry state average of 1037. Child Sex Ratio for the Ponbethy as per census is 865, lower than Puducherry average of 967.

Ponbethy village has lower literacy rate compared to Puducherry. In 2011, literacy rate of Ponbethy village was 74.04 % compared to 85.85 % of Puducherry. In Ponbethy Male literacy stands at 80.99 % while female literacy rate was 67.38 %.

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

Ponbethy Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 668 - -
Population 2,604 1,289 1,315
Child (0-6) 304 163 141
Schedule Caste 854 406 448
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.04 % 80.99 % 67.38 %
Total Workers 966 715 251
Main Worker 686 - -
Marginal Worker 280 145 135

Caste Factor

Ponbethy village of Karaikal has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.80 % of total population in Ponbethy village. The village Ponbethy currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ponbethy village out of total population, 966 were engaged in work activities. 71.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 966 workers engaged in Main Work, 51 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 341 were Agricultural labourer.