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Pennagaram 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 17,480 people
Households 4,252 PCA households
Literacy rate 73.72% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 43.95% % 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 17,480 8,980 8,500 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,994 1,064 930 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 11,416 6,385 5,031 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 73.72% 80.66% 66.46% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,802 1,439 1,363 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 661 363 298 Total workersCensus workers 7,682 5,159 2,523 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 43.95% 57.45% 29.68% Main workersworked at least 6 months 7,025 4,829 2,196 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 657 330 327 Non-workerspeople 9,798 3,821 5,977
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 4,252 households and 17,480 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.41% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 80.66% for males and 66.46% for females. Of 7,682 workers, 91.45% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 618 45 Agricultural labourers 1,432 130 Household industry workers 676 68 Other workers 4,299 414
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 Pennagaram (TP) 630 05889 17,480
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.