Puthoor Population, Caste, Working Data Kannur, Kerala - Census 2011

Puthoor is a village situated in Thalassery taluka of Kannur district in Kerala. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 4,224 families residing in the village Puthoor. The total population of Puthoor is 19,575 out of which 9,051 are males and 10,524 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Puthoor is 1,163.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Puthoor village is 2331 which is 12% of the total population. There are 1172 male children and 1159 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Puthoor is 989 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (1,163) of Puthoor village.

Population
19,575
Families
4,224
Literacy
95.04%
Sex Ratio
1,163

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Puthoor is 95%. Thus Puthoor village has higher literacy rate compared to 84.8% of Kannur district. The male literacy rate is 97.35% and the female literacy rate is 93.1% in Puthoor village.

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

Puthoor Data as per Census 2011

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

Total Male Female
Children 2,331 1,172 1,159
Literacy 95.04% 97.35% 93.1%
Scheduled Caste 184 92 92
Scheduled Tribe 53 30 23
Illiterate 3,186 1,381 1,805

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.9% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.3% of total population in Puthoor village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Puthoor village out of total population, 5,627 were engaged in work activities. 77.9% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.1% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 5,627 workers engaged in Main Work, 203 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 473 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 4,386 3,593 793
Cultivators 203 161 42
Agriculture Labourer 473 333 140
Household Industries 47 43 4
Other Workers 3,663 3,056 607
Marginal Workers 1,241 768 473
Non Working 13,948 4,690 9,258

Nearby Villages to Puthoor,

Below are the list of villages near Puthoor village in Thalassery.

Village Population
Cheruvanchery 10,341
Thrippangottur 29,911
Sivapuram 16,047
Kannavam 9,211
Koloyad 12,616
Vekkalam 7,174
Vellarvelly 7,769
Tholambra 6,267
Thillenkeri 14,583
Muzhakkunnu 21,807

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