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Painkulam 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.
Population 23,630 people
Households 5,638 PCA households
Literacy rate 89.66% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 37.6% % of all residents
Population, children, literacy and work by sex Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Indicator · Census 2011 Total Males Females Populationpeople 23,630 11,709 11,921 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,427 1,208 1,219 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 19,011 9,703 9,308 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 89.66% 92.4% 86.97% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 384 176 208 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 8,884 6,821 2,063 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 37.6% 58.25% 17.31% Main workersworked at least 6 months 6,679 5,353 1,326 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 2,205 1,468 737 Non-workerspeople 14,746 4,888 9,858
Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.
Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract Source access notes and archived workbooks
What stands out in this profile? Census 2011 recorded 5,638 households and 23,630 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.27% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.4% for males and 86.97% for females. Of 8,884 workers, 75.18% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 74 24 Agricultural labourers 580 421 Household industry workers 331 297 Other workers 5,694 1,463
The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.
Source components of this town Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Published component District code Subdistrict code People Painkulam (CT) 629 05881 23,630
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.