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Sankarapuram 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 26,536 people
Households 6,854 PCA households
Literacy rate 91.65% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 33.97% % 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 26,536 13,283 13,253 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,781 1,419 1,362 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 21,772 11,273 10,499 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 91.65% 95.02% 88.29% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 3,625 1,748 1,877 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 27 14 13 Total workersCensus workers 9,014 7,031 1,983 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 33.97% 52.93% 14.96% Main workersworked at least 6 months 7,338 5,971 1,367 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,676 1,060 616 Non-workerspeople 17,522 6,252 11,270
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 6,854 households and 26,536 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.48% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 95.02% for males and 88.29% for females. Of 9,014 workers, 81.41% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 116 22 Agricultural labourers 234 156 Household industry workers 98 62 Other workers 6,890 1,436
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 Sankarapuram (CT) 622 05830 26,536
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.