▁famous ▁tem ples ▁in ▁P amm al ▁from ▁various ▁relig ions ▁like ▁H indu , ▁Muslim , ▁Christian ▁and ▁J ain . ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁▁ ▁According ▁to ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁Census , ▁P amm al ▁had ▁a ▁population ▁of ▁ 7 5 , 8 7 0 ▁of ▁which ▁ 3 7 , 9 7 1 ▁males ▁and ▁ 3 7 , 8 9 9 ▁females . ▁Out ▁of ▁the ▁total ▁population , ▁ 7 3 . 1 6 % ▁are ▁H ind us , ▁ 1 3 . 0 2 % ▁are ▁Muslim s , ▁ 1 2 . 0 9 % ▁are ▁Christians , ▁ 0 . 0 4 % ▁are ▁S ik hs , ▁ 0 . 0 1 % ▁are ▁Buddh ists , ▁ 0 . 1 6 % ▁are ▁J ains , ▁ 0 . 0 2 % ▁are ▁of ▁other ▁category ▁and ▁ 0 . 8 0 % ▁are ▁not ▁stated . ▁ ▁Et ym ology ▁ ▁P amm al ▁in ▁T amil ▁means ▁St itch ing . ▁An ak ap uth ur , ▁a ▁neighborhood ▁on ▁the ▁western ▁side ▁of ▁P amm al ▁is ▁well ▁known ▁for ▁we aving ▁business . ▁P amm al ▁is ▁also ▁have ▁a ▁st itch ing ▁and ▁we aving ▁business ▁along ▁with ▁An ak ap uth ur . ▁P amm al ▁is ▁also ▁having ▁many ▁t ann eries ▁and ▁le ather ▁fact ories . ▁P amm al ▁is ▁mostly ▁an ▁industrial ▁town ▁in ▁Chen na i . ▁