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Palangarai 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 17,248 people
Households 4,781 PCA households
Literacy rate 80.11% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 47.52% % 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 17,248 8,774 8,474 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,937 1,033 904 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 12,265 6,669 5,596 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 80.11% 86.15% 73.92% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 3,032 1,564 1,468 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 76 38 38 Total workersCensus workers 8,196 5,675 2,521 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 47.52% 64.68% 29.75% Main workersworked at least 6 months 7,933 5,555 2,378 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 263 120 143 Non-workerspeople 9,052 3,099 5,953
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 4,781 households and 17,248 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.23% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 86.15% for males and 73.92% for females. Of 8,196 workers, 96.79% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 264 15 Agricultural labourers 600 17 Household industry workers 398 14 Other workers 6,671 217
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 Palangarai (CT) 633 05903 17,248
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.