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Perungalathur 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 37,342 people
Households 9,584 PCA households
Literacy rate 91.36% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 37.22% % 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 37,342 18,794 18,548 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 4,037 2,052 1,985 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 30,426 15,945 14,481 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 91.36% 95.24% 87.43% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 5,091 2,575 2,516 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 477 238 239 Total workersCensus workers 13,899 10,812 3,087 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 37.22% 57.53% 16.64% Main workersworked at least 6 months 13,070 10,280 2,790 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 829 532 297 Non-workerspeople 23,443 7,982 15,461
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 9,584 households and 37,342 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.81% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 95.24% for males and 87.43% for females. Of 13,899 workers, 94.04% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 105 19 Agricultural labourers 97 15 Household industry workers 153 21 Other workers 12,715 774
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 Perungalathur (TP) 604 05703 37,342
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.