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Ambattur 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 466,205 people
Households 120,248 PCA households
Literacy rate 92.19% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 39.55% % 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 466,205 234,923 231,282 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 48,444 24,829 23,615 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 385,138 200,470 184,668 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 92.19% 95.42% 88.93% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 53,559 26,906 26,653 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,528 785 743 Total workersCensus workers 184,390 137,916 46,474 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 39.55% 58.71% 20.09% Main workersworked at least 6 months 164,089 126,516 37,573 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 20,301 11,400 8,901 Non-workerspeople 281,815 97,007 184,808
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 120,248 households and 466,205 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.39% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 95.42% for males and 88.93% for females. Of 184,390 workers, 88.99% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 1,252 507 Agricultural labourers 1,128 453 Household industry workers 2,467 641 Other workers 159,242 18,700
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 Ambattur (M) 602 05700 466,205
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.