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Tambaram 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 174,787 people
Households 44,432 PCA households
Literacy rate 92.23% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 39.89% % 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 174,787 89,060 85,727 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 17,535 8,869 8,666 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 145,037 76,428 68,609 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 92.23% 95.31% 89.03% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 26,496 13,259 13,237 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,611 838 773 Total workersCensus workers 69,728 53,132 16,596 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 39.89% 59.66% 19.36% Main workersworked at least 6 months 63,364 49,200 14,164 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 6,364 3,932 2,432 Non-workerspeople 105,059 35,928 69,131
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 44,432 households and 174,787 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.03% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 95.31% for males and 89.03% for females. Of 69,728 workers, 90.87% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 305 143 Agricultural labourers 385 262 Household industry workers 663 214 Other workers 62,011 5,745
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 Tambaram (M) 604 05703 174,787
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.