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Orikkai 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 12,638 people
Households 3,183 PCA households
Literacy rate 83.69% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 39.26% % 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 12,638 6,318 6,320 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,308 676 632 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 9,482 5,078 4,404 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 83.69% 90% 77.43% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,048 994 1,054 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 234 113 121 Total workersCensus workers 4,962 3,542 1,420 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 39.26% 56.06% 22.47% Main workersworked at least 6 months 4,049 3,071 978 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 913 471 442 Non-workerspeople 7,676 2,776 4,900
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 3,183 households and 12,638 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.35% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90% for males and 77.43% for females. Of 4,962 workers, 81.6% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 85 28 Agricultural labourers 167 110 Household industry workers 311 53 Other workers 3,486 722
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 Orikkai (CT) 604 05707 12,638
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.