By population, Pungar ranks #21 of 49 villages in Sathyamangalam mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pungar is a village of 2,912 people in 897 households (Census 2011) in Sathyamangalam taluk, Erode district, Tamil Nadu, the 21st-largest of 49 villages in Sathyamangalam taluk. Literacy is 60%, 4 points above the taluk average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,029 women per 1,000 men. It lies 86 km from the Erode district centre, 25 km from Jadayampalayam, the nearest town, 28 km from Mettupalayam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 638402, served by Rangasamudram post office; the LGD village code is 634796. The nearest hospital or health centre is Holy Cross Hospital, Erode, 3 km away. The village votes in Veerapandi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Palanivel. M.S. The population is estimated at 3,433 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Pungur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pungar · this village | 2,912 | 60% | — |
| Mudukkanthurai · Sathyamangalam | 415 | 63% | 3.3 km E |
| Dhoddampalayam · Sathyamangalam | 4,153 | 71% | 4.3 km E |
| Panayampalli · Sathyamangalam | 5,291 | 57% | 9.6 km SE |
| Chinnakallipatti · Mettupalayam | 3,858 | 58% | 10 km S |
| Pungampalli · Sathyamangalam | 2,251 | 56% | 11.7 km SE |
| Muduthurai · Mettupalayam | 4,394 | 56% | 13.9 km S |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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