Puthagaram Population, Caste, Working Data Vellore, Tamil Nadu - Census 2011

Puthagaram is a village situated in Tirupathur taluka of Vellore district in Tamil Nadu. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 2,265 families residing in the village Puthagaram. The total population of Puthagaram is 9,434 out of which 4,831 are males and 4,603 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Puthagaram is 953.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Puthagaram village is 1150 which is 12% of the total population. There are 599 male children and 551 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Puthagaram is 920 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (953) of Puthagaram village.

Population
9,434
Families
2,265
Literacy
70.34%
Sex Ratio
953

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Puthagaram is 70.3%. Thus Puthagaram village has lower literacy rate compared to 70.5% of Vellore district. The male literacy rate is 78.92% and the female literacy rate is 61.38% in Puthagaram village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Puthagaram village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Puthagaram Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Puthagaram village.

Total Male Female
Children 1,150 599 551
Literacy 70.34% 78.92% 61.38%
Scheduled Caste 922 457 465
Scheduled Tribe 0 0 0
Illiterate 3,607 1,491 2,116

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.8% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0% of total population in Puthagaram village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Puthagaram village out of total population, 4,825 were engaged in work activities. 89.3% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.7% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 4,825 workers engaged in Main Work, 537 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1,429 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 4,309 2,489 1,820
Cultivators 537 330 207
Agriculture Labourer 1,429 784 645
Household Industries 1,039 270 769
Other Workers 1,304 1,105 199
Marginal Workers 516 249 267
Non Working 4,609 2,093 2,516

Nearby Villages to Puthagaram,

Below are the list of villages near Puthagaram village in Tirupathur.

Village Population
Kadirimangalam 5,649
Chandrapuram 7,977
Pachchal 2,627
Virupatchipuram 204
Madapalli 14,868
Thokkiyam 6,487
Thathavalli 6,453
Kandili 4,005
Palnankuppam 8,458
Chinnakandili 2,418

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