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Palappallam 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 18,589 people
Households 4,842 PCA households
Literacy rate 91.58% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 32.82% % 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 18,589 8,990 9,599 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,951 1,007 944 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 15,237 7,393 7,844 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 91.58% 92.61% 90.63% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 380 188 192 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 6,100 4,808 1,292 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 32.82% 53.48% 13.46% Main workersworked at least 6 months 5,227 4,266 961 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 873 542 331 Non-workerspeople 12,489 4,182 8,307
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 4,842 households and 18,589 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.5% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.61% for males and 90.63% for females. Of 6,100 workers, 85.69% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 60 31 Agricultural labourers 263 57 Household industry workers 282 110 Other workers 4,622 675
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 Palappallam (TP) 629 05881 18,589
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.