Home / Places / Towns / Sakkarakottai Census town · Census 2011 · code 642163
Sakkarakottai 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 15,355 people
Households 3,666 PCA households
Literacy rate 90.88% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 33.1% % 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 15,355 7,632 7,723 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,831 942 889 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 12,291 6,323 5,968 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 90.88% 94.51% 87.33% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,859 1,321 1,538 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 12 5 7 Total workersCensus workers 5,082 4,075 1,007 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 33.1% 53.39% 13.04% Main workersworked at least 6 months 3,681 3,029 652 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,401 1,046 355 Non-workerspeople 10,273 3,557 6,716
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 3,666 households and 15,355 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.92% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.51% for males and 87.33% for females. Of 5,082 workers, 72.43% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 108 59 Agricultural labourers 129 455 Household industry workers 80 50 Other workers 3,364 837
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 Sakkarakottai (CT) 626 05860 15,355
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.