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Rameswaram population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Andhra Pradesh, 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 19,483 people
Households 4,786 PCA households
Literacy rate 60.26% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 45.71% % 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 19,483 9,727 9,756 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,254 1,152 1,102 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 10,383 6,051 4,332 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 60.26% 70.57% 50.06% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,981 1,000 981 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 375 184 191 Total workersCensus workers 8,906 5,939 2,967 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 45.71% 61.06% 30.41% Main workersworked at least 6 months 7,439 5,255 2,184 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,467 684 783 Non-workerspeople 10,577 3,788 6,789
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 4,786 households and 19,483 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.57% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 70.57% for males and 50.06% for females. Of 8,906 workers, 83.53% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 70 21 Agricultural labourers 496 184 Household industry workers 851 135 Other workers 6,022 1,127
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 Rameswaram (CT) 551 05214 19,483
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.