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Kadayam 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 5,430 people
Households 1,533 PCA households
Literacy rate 87.59% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 46.92% % 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 5,430 2,728 2,702 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 507 268 239 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 4,312 2,269 2,043 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 87.59% 92.24% 82.95% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 879 448 431 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 38 21 17 Total workersCensus workers 2,548 1,604 944 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 46.92% 58.8% 34.94% Main workersworked at least 6 months 1,989 1,319 670 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 559 285 274 Non-workerspeople 2,882 1,124 1,758
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 1,533 households and 5,430 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.34% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.24% for males and 82.95% for females. Of 2,548 workers, 78.06% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 22 4 Agricultural labourers 86 32 Household industry workers 350 169 Other workers 1,531 354
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 Kadayam (CT) 628 05878 5,430
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.