Highways is a Town Panchayat city in district of Theni, Tamil Nadu. The Highways city is divided into 15 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Highways Town Panchayat has population of 4,882 of which 2,485 are males while 2,397 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 342 which is 7.01 % of total population of Highways (TP). In Highways Town Panchayat, Female Sex Ratio is of 965 against state average of 996. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Highways is around 1124 compared to Tamil Nadu state average of 943. Literacy rate of Highways city is 83.74 % higher than state average of 80.09 %. In Highways, Male literacy is around 91.09 % while female literacy rate is 76.04 %.
Highways Town Panchayat has total administration over 1,276 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Town Panchayat limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Highways 2024 Population
Current estimated population of Highways Town Panchayat in 2024 is approximately
6,600.
The schedule census of 2021 for Highways city is postponed due to covid. We believe new population census for Highways city will be conducted in 2024 and same will be updated once its done. The current data for Highways town are estimated only but all 2011 figures are accurate.
Highways Caste Factor
In Highways (TP), most of the (TP)rs are from Schedule Caste (SC).
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 66.33 % of total population in Highways (TP).
The (TP) Highways currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.
Highways Work Profile
Out of total population, 2,613 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 1,371 were males while 1,242 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity.
Of total 2613 working population, 97.86 % were engaged in Main Work while 2.14 % of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.