Punjai Pugalur is a Municipality in
Karur district
Karur District is one of the 38 districts (a district located centrally along the Kaveri and Amaravathi River, Amaravathi rivers) in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The main town in Karur District is the city of Karur, which is also the district ...
in the
India
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state of
Tamil Nadu
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.
Demographics
At the 2001 India
census
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Punjai Pugalur had a population of 20,306 (males 50%, females 50%). Punjaipugalur had an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. Male literacy was 78%, and female literacy 61%. 10% of the population was under 6 years of age.
References
Cities and towns in Karur district
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