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Palugal 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 18,276 people
Households 4,429 PCA households
Literacy rate 91.43% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 34.01% % 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 18,276 8,756 9,520 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,667 785 882 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 15,185 7,473 7,712 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 91.43% 93.75% 89.28% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 464 236 228 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 15 4 11 Total workersCensus workers 6,215 4,803 1,412 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 34.01% 54.85% 14.83% Main workersworked at least 6 months 4,630 3,665 965 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,585 1,138 447 Non-workerspeople 12,061 3,953 8,108
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 4,429 households and 18,276 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.12% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.75% for males and 89.28% for females. Of 6,215 workers, 74.5% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 176 47 Agricultural labourers 738 482 Household industry workers 98 99 Other workers 3,618 957
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 Palugal (TP) 629 05881 18,276
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.