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Periakottai 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 17,356 people
Households 4,699 PCA households
Literacy rate 88.14% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 41.19% % 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 17,356 8,845 8,511 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,393 707 686 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 14,069 7,542 6,527 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 88.14% 92.68% 83.41% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 3,428 1,711 1,717 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 3 2 1 Total workersCensus workers 7,149 5,076 2,073 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 41.19% 57.39% 24.36% Main workersworked at least 6 months 6,860 4,934 1,926 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 289 142 147 Non-workerspeople 10,207 3,769 6,438
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 4,699 households and 17,356 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.03% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.68% for males and 83.41% for females. Of 7,149 workers, 95.96% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 160 2 Agricultural labourers 345 11 Household industry workers 109 20 Other workers 6,246 256
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 Periakottai (CT) 633 05906 17,356
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.