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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 803327

Poonamallee population.
Households, literacy and work.

A detailed town profile in Tamil Nadu, using the original Primary Census Abstract. Every figure on this page belongs to the source’s 2011 population and geography.

Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total includes the outgrowths (OG) explicitly included in the source name; it is not a municipal-core-only count. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population60,607people
Households15,541PCA households
Literacy rate88.67%% of people aged 7+
Work participation39.03%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople60,60730,30630,301
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–66,9253,5313,394
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+47,60024,83922,761
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+88.67%92.77%84.59%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople10,1334,9835,150
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople593128
Total workersCensus workers23,65317,7475,906
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population39.03%58.56%19.49%
Main workersworked at least 6 months20,11415,5544,560
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,5392,1931,346
Non-workerspeople36,95412,55924,395

Calculated percentages retain the denominator named in each row. Counts are reported people or households, and are not estimates for a later year.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 26504; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 15,541 households and 60,607 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 11.43% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 92.77% and female literacy was 84.59%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 23,653 Census workers, 85.04% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators13529
Agricultural labourers25149
Household industry workers616135
Other workers19,1123,326

Cultivators, agricultural labourers, household industry workers and other workers are separate Census activity categories. A worker count is not a count of employees on a company payroll.

Using the profile in research

These are historical counts, not current market estimates or present-day projections for this town. Read the research guidance before choosing a denominator or adding eligibility, adoption and spending assumptions.

Definitions, calculation methods and source access

Literacy uses people aged 7 and above; work participation uses all residents. Main workers worked at least six months. Households are the PCA household count, not houses. Rates with zero denominators are unavailable. Names and boundaries belong to Census 2011.

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Poonamallee (M + OG)6020569960,607

The main profile combines the selected, non-overlapping components. A municipal-core row and its wider row including outgrowths are not added together.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 57,224 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople57,22428,62928,595
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–66,4963,3133,183
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+45,13623,53121,605
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+88.98%92.95%85.02%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople8,7234,3064,417
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople593128
Total workersCensus workers22,41116,7705,641
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population39.16%58.58%19.73%
Main workersworked at least 6 months19,01914,6874,332
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,3922,0831,309
Non-workerspeople34,81311,85922,954

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 26505; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks