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Kattathurai 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 17,271 people
Households 4,476 PCA households
Literacy rate 92.1% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.83% % 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 17,271 8,598 8,673 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,634 807 827 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 14,401 7,310 7,091 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 92.1% 93.83% 90.38% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 42 25 17 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 6,188 4,976 1,212 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.83% 57.87% 13.97% Main workersworked at least 6 months 5,284 4,352 932 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 904 624 280 Non-workerspeople 11,083 3,622 7,461
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 4,476 households and 17,271 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.46% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.83% for males and 90.38% for females. Of 6,188 workers, 85.39% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 80 15 Agricultural labourers 478 230 Household industry workers 125 155 Other workers 4,601 504
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 Kattathurai (CT) 629 05882 17,271
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.