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Medavakkam 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 29,710 people
Households 7,781 PCA households
Literacy rate 90.16% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 39.29% % 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 29,710 14,988 14,722 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 3,824 1,940 1,884 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 23,339 12,281 11,058 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 90.16% 94.12% 86.13% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,835 927 908 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 124 65 59 Total workersCensus workers 11,674 8,971 2,703 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 39.29% 59.85% 18.36% Main workersworked at least 6 months 10,343 8,169 2,174 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,331 802 529 Non-workerspeople 18,036 6,017 12,019
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 7,781 households and 29,710 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.87% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.12% for males and 86.13% for females. Of 11,674 workers, 88.6% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 118 23 Agricultural labourers 241 30 Household industry workers 203 51 Other workers 9,781 1,227
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 Medavakkam (CT) 604 05705 29,710
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.