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Chennai 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 4,646,732 people
Households 1,154,982 PCA households
Literacy rate 90.18% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 39.11% % 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 4,646,732 2,335,844 2,310,888 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 459,324 235,519 223,805 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 3,776,276 1,968,079 1,808,197 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 90.18% 93.7% 86.64% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 779,667 389,001 390,666 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 10,061 5,207 4,854 Total workersCensus workers 1,817,297 1,369,302 447,995 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 39.11% 58.62% 19.39% Main workersworked at least 6 months 1,619,554 1,256,644 362,910 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 197,743 112,658 85,085 Non-workerspeople 2,829,435 966,542 1,862,893
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 1,154,982 households and 4,646,732 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.88% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.7% for males and 86.64% for females. Of 1,817,297 workers, 89.12% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 10,210 4,244 Agricultural labourers 10,251 3,423 Household industry workers 29,143 8,202 Other workers 1,569,950 181,874
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 Chennai (M Corp.) 603 99999 4,646,732
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.