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Neelankarai 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 28,458 people
Households 7,404 PCA households
Literacy rate 87.48% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 41.56% % 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 28,458 14,466 13,992 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 3,337 1,694 1,643 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 21,976 11,720 10,256 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 87.48% 91.76% 83.05% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,917 1,453 1,464 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 46 21 25 Total workersCensus workers 11,826 8,733 3,093 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 41.56% 60.37% 22.11% Main workersworked at least 6 months 10,809 8,229 2,580 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,017 504 513 Non-workerspeople 16,632 5,733 10,899
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 7,404 households and 28,458 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.73% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.76% for males and 83.05% for females. Of 11,826 workers, 91.4% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 50 16 Agricultural labourers 58 19 Household industry workers 201 27 Other workers 10,500 955
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 Neelankarai (CT) 604 05705 28,458
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.