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Town · Census 2011 · code 803391

Panapakkam 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.
Population11,536people
Households2,802PCA households
Literacy rate79.5%% of people aged 7+
Work participation46.19%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople11,5365,7195,817
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–61,167613554
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+8,2434,4923,751
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+79.5%87.97%71.27%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople2,3331,1081,225
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1396772
Total workersCensus workers5,3283,4931,835
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population46.19%61.08%31.55%
Main workersworked at least 6 months4,4853,2161,269
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months843277566
Non-workerspeople6,2082,2263,982

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 26704; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 2,802 households and 11,536 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.12% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 87.97% for males and 71.27% for females.
  • Of 5,328 workers, 84.18% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1387
Agricultural labourers681538
Household industry workers1,084147
Other workers2,582151

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
Panapakkam (TP)6050571511,536

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.