Surveys

The government Census conducted so far and the population data of the Puthirai Vannars, it contains, is full of flaws. A mere look at the Puthirai Vannar Population as given by the Government of India Census 2001, will vouch for it. Hence the TLM together with its long-time collaborator, the IDEAS Madurai, undertook the Population Census and Livelihood Survey from 2010, in the districts of Villupuram, Tiruvannamalai, and Cuddalore. Fr.Aloysius Irudayam SJ, a research scholar of repute, headed this Survey. Findings of the Survey are to be released soon. A team of researchers, coordinators and field investigators, numbering 45 in all, were involved in this challenging exercise.

POPULATION OF PUTHIRAI VANNARS ACCORDING TO GOVT. OF INDIA CENSUS 2001:  24,588 (Twenty Four Thousand Five Eighty Eight)

POPULATION OF PUTHIRAI VANNARS according to the POPULATION CENSUS & LIVELIHOOD SURVEY 2010:

DISTRICTS	NUMBER OF FAMILIES	POPULATION	MALES WITH PERCENTAGE	FEMALES WITH PERCENTAGE
CUDDALORE	1714	6642	3398 (51.15%)	3244 (48.84%)
TIRUVANNAMALAI	2449	9492	4826 (50.84%)	4666 (49.15%)
VILLUPURAM	3252	13304	6663 (50.08%)	6641 (49.91%)
TOTAL	7415	29438	14887 (50.57%)	14551(49.42%)

 

The 2001 Tamil Nadu Census of  SCs and in particular Puthirai Vannars, is given below. This is to show the confusion and flaw in the Census with regard to the PVs. Only a sample of the Southern and Northern districts’ Puthirai Vannar population data are given below, for comparison, since puthirai vannar certificates are given only in southern districts and in northern districts they are classified as Adi Dravida:

 

Southern Districts		Northern Districts
Districts	PV Population	Districts	PV Population
Tirunelveli	4417	Cuddalore	60
Madurai	1962	Tiruvannamalai	41
Tuticorin	4386	Villupuram	26
Virudhunagar	3285	Ariyalur	03