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Kovalam 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 8,124 people
Households 1,974 PCA households
Literacy rate 83.26% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 34.45% % 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 8,124 3,980 4,144 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,008 529 479 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 5,925 3,113 2,812 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 83.26% 90.21% 76.73% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,492 704 788 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 2,799 2,225 574 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 34.45% 55.9% 13.85% Main workersworked at least 6 months 2,035 1,626 409 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 764 599 165 Non-workerspeople 5,325 1,755 3,570
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 1,974 households and 8,124 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.41% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.21% for males and 76.73% for females. Of 2,799 workers, 72.7% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 1 2 Agricultural labourers 11 13 Household industry workers 40 9 Other workers 1,983 740
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 Kovalam (CT) 604 05706 8,124
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.