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Parangipettai 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 25,541 people
Households 5,561 PCA households
Literacy rate 88.15% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.54% % 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 25,541 12,733 12,808 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 3,022 1,626 1,396 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 19,850 10,304 9,546 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 88.15% 92.77% 83.65% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 3,011 1,470 1,541 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 205 105 100 Total workersCensus workers 9,078 7,006 2,072 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.54% 55.02% 16.18% Main workersworked at least 6 months 6,662 5,492 1,170 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 2,416 1,514 902 Non-workerspeople 16,463 5,727 10,736
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 5,561 households and 25,541 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.83% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.77% for males and 83.65% for females. Of 9,078 workers, 73.39% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 149 86 Agricultural labourers 803 211 Household industry workers 324 454 Other workers 5,386 1,665
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 Parangipettai (TP) 617 05791 25,541
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.