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Papanasam 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 17,548 people
Households 4,360 PCA households
Literacy rate 89.19% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 34.28% % 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 17,548 8,628 8,920 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,782 949 833 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 14,061 7,202 6,859 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 89.19% 93.79% 84.82% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,626 836 790 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 73 42 31 Total workersCensus workers 6,016 4,869 1,147 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 34.28% 56.43% 12.86% Main workersworked at least 6 months 5,621 4,606 1,015 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 395 263 132 Non-workerspeople 11,532 3,759 7,773
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 4,360 households and 17,548 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.16% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.79% for males and 84.82% for females. Of 6,016 workers, 93.43% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 230 31 Agricultural labourers 1,284 110 Household industry workers 266 35 Other workers 3,841 219
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 Papanasam (TP) 620 05812 17,548
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.