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Mettamalai 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 5,175 people
Households 1,476 PCA households
Literacy rate 72.74% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 61.2% % 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 5,175 2,499 2,676 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 535 286 249 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 3,375 1,851 1,524 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 72.74% 83.64% 62.79% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,506 738 768 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 3,167 1,614 1,553 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 61.2% 64.59% 58.03% Main workersworked at least 6 months 2,575 1,334 1,241 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 592 280 312 Non-workerspeople 2,008 885 1,123
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 1,476 households and 5,175 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.34% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 83.64% for males and 62.79% for females. Of 3,167 workers, 81.31% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 4 2 Agricultural labourers 22 10 Household industry workers 100 16 Other workers 2,449 564
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 Mettamalai (CT) 625 05854 5,175
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.