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Periyanaicken-palayam 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 25,930 people
Households 7,377 PCA households
Literacy rate 89.03% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 43.26% % 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 25,930 13,010 12,920 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,294 1,211 1,083 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 21,043 11,074 9,969 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 89.03% 93.86% 84.22% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,666 1,340 1,326 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 17 7 10 Total workersCensus workers 11,217 7,851 3,366 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 43.26% 60.35% 26.05% Main workersworked at least 6 months 10,276 7,344 2,932 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 941 507 434 Non-workerspeople 14,713 5,159 9,554
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 7,377 households and 25,930 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.85% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.86% for males and 84.22% for females. Of 11,217 workers, 91.61% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 80 7 Agricultural labourers 277 38 Household industry workers 218 53 Other workers 9,701 843
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 Periyanaicken-palayam (TP) 632 05897 25,930
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.