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Porur 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 46,690 people
Households 11,803 PCA households
Literacy rate 93.66% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 39.43% % 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 46,690 23,450 23,240 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 5,112 2,672 2,440 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 38,940 20,058 18,882 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 93.66% 96.53% 90.78% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 3,647 1,837 1,810 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 49 26 23 Total workersCensus workers 18,408 13,000 5,408 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 39.43% 55.44% 23.27% Main workersworked at least 6 months 14,413 10,705 3,708 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 3,995 2,295 1,700 Non-workerspeople 28,282 10,450 17,832
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 11,803 households and 46,690 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.95% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 96.53% for males and 90.78% for females. Of 18,408 workers, 78.3% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 564 249 Agricultural labourers 209 65 Household industry workers 295 234 Other workers 13,345 3,447
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 Porur (TP) 602 05700 46,690
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.