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Vilathurai 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 19,758 people
Households 5,171 PCA households
Literacy rate 90.9% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.43% % 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 19,758 9,803 9,955 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,787 904 883 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 16,336 8,374 7,962 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 90.9% 94.1% 87.76% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 204 103 101 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 2 1 1 Total workersCensus workers 7,000 5,422 1,578 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.43% 55.31% 15.85% Main workersworked at least 6 months 4,999 4,054 945 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 2,001 1,368 633 Non-workerspeople 12,758 4,381 8,377
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 5,171 households and 19,758 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.04% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.1% for males and 87.76% for females. Of 7,000 workers, 71.41% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 69 16 Agricultural labourers 696 361 Household industry workers 119 136 Other workers 4,115 1,488
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 Vilathurai (CT) 629 05881 19,758
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.