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Nilaiyur 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 14,684 people
Households 3,971 PCA households
Literacy rate 83.42% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 55.89% % 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 14,684 7,298 7,386 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,582 789 793 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 10,930 5,807 5,123 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 83.42% 89.21% 77.7% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,690 831 859 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 6 3 3 Total workersCensus workers 8,207 4,671 3,536 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 55.89% 64% 47.87% Main workersworked at least 6 months 7,471 4,250 3,221 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 736 421 315 Non-workerspeople 6,477 2,627 3,850
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 3,971 households and 14,684 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.77% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 89.21% for males and 77.7% for females. Of 8,207 workers, 91.03% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 207 8 Agricultural labourers 243 148 Household industry workers 3,346 113 Other workers 3,675 467
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 Nilaiyur (I Bit) (CT) 623 05841 14,684
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.