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Town · Census 2011 · code 803594

Pannaikadu 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.

Tamil Nadu · Census 2011Dindigul district
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.
Population8,731people
Households2,493PCA households
Literacy rate83.25%% of people aged 7+
Work participation53.81%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople8,7314,3274,404
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6749363386
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+6,6453,5273,118
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+83.25%88.98%77.6%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople1,182584598
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople607282325
Total workersCensus workers4,6982,7391,959
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population53.81%63.3%44.48%
Main workersworked at least 6 months4,1702,5031,667
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months528236292
Non-workerspeople4,0331,5882,445

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 27166; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 2,493 households and 8,731 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 8.58% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 88.98% and female literacy was 77.6%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 4,698 Census workers, 88.76% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators25110
Agricultural labourers1,923315
Household industry workers469
Other workers1,950194

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.

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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
Pannaikadu (TP)612057668,731

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