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Census town · Census 2011 · code 629742

Nattapettai 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.
Population19,883people
Households4,964PCA households
Literacy rate80.42%% of people aged 7+
Work participation41.02%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople19,8839,9869,897
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–62,1211,0701,051
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+14,2847,7866,498
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+80.42%87.33%73.46%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople3,3091,6371,672
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople219110109
Total workersCensus workers8,1576,0272,130
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population41.02%60.35%21.52%
Main workersworked at least 6 months6,5535,1471,406
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,604880724
Non-workerspeople11,7263,9597,767

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 26630; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 4,964 households and 19,883 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.67% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 87.33% for males and 73.46% for females.
  • Of 8,157 workers, 80.34% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators4116
Agricultural labourers194259
Household industry workers1,244304
Other workers5,0741,025

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
Nattapettai (CT)6040570719,883

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.