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Thiruppalai 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 19,305 people
Households 4,689 PCA households
Literacy rate 94.53% % 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 19,305 9,776 9,529 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,745 881 864 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 16,600 8,611 7,989 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 94.53% 96.81% 92.2% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,688 1,422 1,266 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 64 32 32 Total workersCensus workers 7,240 5,393 1,847 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 37.5% 55.17% 19.38% Main workersworked at least 6 months 6,715 5,163 1,552 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 525 230 295 Non-workerspeople 12,065 4,383 7,682
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 4,689 households and 19,305 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.04% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 96.81% for males and 92.2% for females. Of 7,240 workers, 92.75% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 82 6 Agricultural labourers 220 3 Household industry workers 129 12 Other workers 6,284 504
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 Thiruppalai (CT) 623 05836 19,305
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.