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Tanalur population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Kerala, 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 47,976 people
Households 8,844 PCA households
Literacy rate 94.5% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 23.9% % 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 47,976 22,743 25,233 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 6,738 3,507 3,231 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 38,970 18,644 20,326 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 94.5% 96.92% 92.38% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,489 749 740 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 97 50 47 Total workersCensus workers 11,464 10,166 1,298 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 23.9% 44.7% 5.14% Main workersworked at least 6 months 9,947 8,930 1,017 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,517 1,236 281 Non-workerspeople 36,512 12,577 23,935
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 8,844 households and 47,976 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 14.04% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 96.92% for males and 92.38% for females. Of 11,464 workers, 86.77% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 113 24 Agricultural labourers 355 122 Household industry workers 89 18 Other workers 9,390 1,353
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 Tanalur (CT) 592 05644 47,976
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.