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Silapadi 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 17,824 people
Households 4,612 PCA households
Literacy rate 86.69% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 46.55% % 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 17,824 8,966 8,858 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,800 922 878 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 13,892 7,382 6,510 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 86.69% 91.77% 81.58% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 3,862 1,918 1,944 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 3 1 2 Total workersCensus workers 8,297 5,438 2,859 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 46.55% 60.65% 32.28% Main workersworked at least 6 months 6,486 4,567 1,919 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,811 871 940 Non-workerspeople 9,527 3,528 5,999
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 4,612 households and 17,824 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.1% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.77% for males and 81.58% for females. Of 8,297 workers, 78.17% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 124 50 Agricultural labourers 850 215 Household industry workers 98 32 Other workers 5,414 1,514
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 Silapadi (CT) 612 05764 17,824
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.