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Salamedu 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 20,854 people
Households 5,131 PCA households
Literacy rate 90.69% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 37.5% % 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 20,854 10,546 10,308 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,026 1,013 1,013 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 17,075 9,004 8,071 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 90.69% 94.45% 86.83% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,886 939 947 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 136 69 67 Total workersCensus workers 7,820 5,770 2,050 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 37.5% 54.71% 19.89% Main workersworked at least 6 months 6,146 4,851 1,295 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,674 919 755 Non-workerspeople 13,034 4,776 8,258
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 5,131 households and 20,854 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.72% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.45% for males and 86.83% for females. Of 7,820 workers, 78.59% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 148 42 Agricultural labourers 167 314 Household industry workers 120 174 Other workers 5,711 1,144
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 Salamedu (CT) 607 05731 20,854
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.