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Avadi 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 345,996 people
Households 87,733 PCA households
Literacy rate 91.28% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 36.75% % 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 345,996 175,658 170,338 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 36,091 18,419 17,672 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 282,879 149,707 133,172 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 91.28% 95.21% 87.23% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 55,924 28,106 27,818 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 2,184 1,136 1,048 Total workersCensus workers 127,152 100,798 26,354 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 36.75% 57.38% 15.47% Main workersworked at least 6 months 114,339 92,730 21,609 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 12,813 8,068 4,745 Non-workerspeople 218,844 74,860 143,984
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 87,733 households and 345,996 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.43% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 95.21% for males and 87.23% for females. Of 127,152 workers, 89.92% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 787 221 Agricultural labourers 1,095 310 Household industry workers 1,444 449 Other workers 111,013 11,833
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 Avadi (M) 602 05699 345,996
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.