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Town · Census 2011 · code 803649

Panruti 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.
Population60,323people
Households14,170PCA households
Literacy rate85.01%% of people aged 7+
Work participation36.18%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople60,32330,21630,107
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–66,2573,2043,053
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+45,95924,53621,423
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.01%90.83%79.19%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople9,0604,4584,602
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1125656
Total workersCensus workers21,82217,0924,730
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.18%56.57%15.71%
Main workersworked at least 6 months18,11615,0693,047
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,7062,0231,683
Non-workerspeople38,50113,12425,377

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 27317; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 14,170 households and 60,323 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.37% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.83% for males and 79.19% for females.
  • Of 21,822 workers, 83.02% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators948122
Agricultural labourers2,1741,660
Household industry workers37093
Other workers14,6241,831

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
Panruti (M)6170578860,323

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.