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Census town · Census 2011 · code 629566

Vandalur 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.
Population16,852people
Households4,384PCA households
Literacy rate90.71%% of people aged 7+
Work participation36.87%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople16,8528,4108,442
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–61,838932906
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+13,6197,1166,503
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+90.71%95.16%86.29%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople1,564798766
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople418217201
Total workersCensus workers6,2144,8761,338
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.87%57.98%15.85%
Main workersworked at least 6 months5,3174,2401,077
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months897636261
Non-workerspeople10,6383,5347,104

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 26613; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 4,384 households and 16,852 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.91% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 95.16% for males and 86.29% for females.
  • Of 6,214 workers, 85.56% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators5524
Agricultural labourers4317
Household industry workers8647
Other workers5,133809

The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Vandalur (CT)6040570616,852

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.