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Paiyur 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 7,555 people
Households 1,797 PCA households
Literacy rate 71.74% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 45.68% % 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 7,555 3,723 3,832 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 849 442 407 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 4,811 2,668 2,143 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 71.74% 81.32% 62.57% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,015 982 1,033 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 61 30 31 Total workersCensus workers 3,451 2,222 1,229 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 45.68% 59.68% 32.07% Main workersworked at least 6 months 3,238 2,147 1,091 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 213 75 138 Non-workerspeople 4,104 1,501 2,603
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 1,797 households and 7,555 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.24% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 81.32% for males and 62.57% for females. Of 3,451 workers, 93.83% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 62 2 Agricultural labourers 446 60 Household industry workers 826 31 Other workers 1,904 120
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 Paiyur (CT) 606 05721 7,555
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.