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Periagaram 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 4,916 people
Households 1,227 PCA households
Literacy rate 75.6% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 45.85% % 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 4,916 2,504 2,412 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 559 289 270 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 3,294 1,908 1,386 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 75.6% 86.14% 64.71% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 586 293 293 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 2,254 1,445 809 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 45.85% 57.71% 33.54% Main workersworked at least 6 months 1,952 1,301 651 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 302 144 158 Non-workerspeople 2,662 1,059 1,603
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 1,227 households and 4,916 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.37% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 86.14% for males and 64.71% for females. Of 2,254 workers, 86.6% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 77 6 Agricultural labourers 208 192 Household industry workers 524 28 Other workers 1,143 76
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 Periagaram (CT) 605 05720 4,916
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.