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Ponmanai 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 15,554 people
Households 4,068 PCA households
Literacy rate 92.14% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 37.48% % 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 15,554 7,766 7,788 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,390 712 678 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 13,051 6,636 6,415 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 92.14% 94.07% 90.23% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 649 325 324 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 346 173 173 Total workersCensus workers 5,830 4,579 1,251 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 37.48% 58.96% 16.06% Main workersworked at least 6 months 4,607 3,827 780 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,223 752 471 Non-workerspeople 9,724 3,187 6,537
Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.
Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract Data! rows 28014; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.Source access notes and archived workbooks
What stands out in this profile? Census 2011 recorded 4,068 households and 15,554 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.94% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.07% for males and 90.23% for females. Of 5,830 workers, 79.02% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 213 33 Agricultural labourers 748 483 Household industry workers 219 77 Other workers 3,427 630
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 Ponmanai (TP) 629 05882 15,554
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.