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Census town · Census 2011 · code 628772

Padianallur population.
Households, literacy and work.

Primary Census Abstract for this town in Tamil Nadu, using 2011 geography.

Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total is the single published town row. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population23,819people
Households5,912PCA households
Literacy rate90.36%% of people aged 7+
Work participation38.22%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople23,81912,04311,776
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–62,6021,3801,222
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+19,17210,0409,132
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+90.36%94.16%86.53%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople1,994995999
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople683335
Total workersCensus workers9,1037,0822,021
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population38.22%58.81%17.16%
Main workersworked at least 6 months7,0755,8571,218
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,0281,225803
Non-workerspeople14,7164,9619,755

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 26459; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 5,912 households and 23,819 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.92% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.16% for males and 86.53% for females.
  • Of 9,103 workers, 77.72% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators9223
Agricultural labourers153112
Household industry workers137620
Other workers6,6931,273

The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Padianallur (CT)6020569423,819

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.