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Nerkunram population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Tamil Nadu, 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 59,790 people
Households 15,239 PCA households
Literacy rate 87.36% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 38.44% % 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 59,790 30,550 29,240 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 7,845 4,019 3,826 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 45,381 24,333 21,048 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 87.36% 91.72% 82.82% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 7,462 3,740 3,722 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 380 197 183 Total workersCensus workers 22,985 18,028 4,957 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 38.44% 59.01% 16.95% Main workersworked at least 6 months 20,511 16,814 3,697 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 2,474 1,214 1,260 Non-workerspeople 36,805 12,522 24,283
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 15,239 households and 59,790 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 13.12% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.72% for males and 82.82% for females. Of 22,985 workers, 89.24% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 259 62 Agricultural labourers 125 43 Household industry workers 249 173 Other workers 19,878 2,196
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 Nerkunram (CT) 602 05700 59,790
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.