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Sumaitheerthapuram 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 6,879 people
Households 1,875 PCA households
Literacy rate 81.61% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 50.59% % 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 6,879 3,469 3,410 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 674 371 303 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 5,064 2,777 2,287 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 81.61% 89.64% 73.61% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,969 994 975 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 3,480 2,024 1,456 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 50.59% 58.35% 42.7% Main workersworked at least 6 months 2,580 1,560 1,020 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 900 464 436 Non-workerspeople 3,399 1,445 1,954
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 1,875 households and 6,879 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.8% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 89.64% for males and 73.61% for females. Of 3,480 workers, 74.14% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 123 16 Agricultural labourers 586 377 Household industry workers 702 238 Other workers 1,169 269
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 Sumaitheerthapuram (CT) 628 05874 6,879
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.