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Muruganpalayam 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 26,349 people
Households 7,475 PCA households
Literacy rate 79.61% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 49.82% % 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 26,349 13,438 12,911 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 3,279 1,675 1,604 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 18,366 10,071 8,295 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 79.61% 85.62% 73.36% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,949 1,455 1,494 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 127 65 62 Total workersCensus workers 13,127 8,783 4,344 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 49.82% 65.36% 33.65% Main workersworked at least 6 months 11,358 7,920 3,438 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,769 863 906 Non-workerspeople 13,222 4,655 8,567
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 7,475 households and 26,349 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.44% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 85.62% for males and 73.36% for females. Of 13,127 workers, 86.52% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 94 23 Agricultural labourers 167 57 Household industry workers 532 118 Other workers 10,565 1,571
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 Muruganpalayam (CT) 633 05904 26,349
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.