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Tiruvottiyur 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 249,446 people
Households 63,862 PCA households
Literacy rate 88.59% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 37.68% % 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 249,446 125,300 124,146 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 26,903 13,782 13,121 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 197,146 103,034 94,112 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 88.59% 92.39% 84.77% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 35,332 17,625 17,707 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 502 245 257 Total workersCensus workers 94,000 74,654 19,346 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 37.68% 59.58% 15.58% Main workersworked at least 6 months 81,050 66,591 14,459 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 12,950 8,063 4,887 Non-workerspeople 155,446 50,646 104,800
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 63,862 households and 249,446 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.79% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.39% for males and 84.77% for females. Of 94,000 workers, 86.22% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 451 163 Agricultural labourers 509 136 Household industry workers 1,568 612 Other workers 78,522 12,039
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 Tiruvottiyur (M) 602 05701 249,446
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.