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Polichalur 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 21,906 people
Households 5,531 PCA households
Literacy rate 89.91% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 39.9% % 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 21,906 11,054 10,852 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,293 1,164 1,129 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 17,634 9,321 8,313 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 89.91% 94.25% 85.5% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,816 1,402 1,414 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 56 26 30 Total workersCensus workers 8,741 6,554 2,187 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 39.9% 59.29% 20.15% Main workersworked at least 6 months 7,505 5,932 1,573 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,236 622 614 Non-workerspeople 13,165 4,500 8,665
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 5,531 households and 21,906 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.47% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.25% for males and 85.5% for females. Of 8,741 workers, 85.86% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 32 22 Agricultural labourers 88 8 Household industry workers 171 148 Other workers 7,214 1,058
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 Polichalur (CT) 604 05704 21,906
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.