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Periapattinam 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 9,730 people
Households 1,777 PCA households
Literacy rate 85.1% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 23.77% % 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 9,730 5,099 4,631 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,100 520 580 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 7,344 4,098 3,246 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 85.1% 89.5% 80.13% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 338 195 143 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 2,313 2,176 137 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 23.77% 42.68% 2.96% Main workersworked at least 6 months 1,950 1,871 79 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 363 305 58 Non-workerspeople 7,417 2,923 4,494
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 1,777 households and 9,730 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.31% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 89.5% for males and 80.13% for females. Of 2,313 workers, 84.31% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 16 15 Agricultural labourers 296 4 Household industry workers 20 4 Other workers 1,618 340
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 Periapattinam (CT) 626 05860 9,730
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.