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Alandur 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 164,430 people
Households 43,411 PCA households
Literacy rate 94.46% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 39.35% % 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 164,430 82,332 82,098 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 16,074 8,246 7,828 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 140,143 71,729 68,414 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 94.46% 96.82% 92.12% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 19,103 9,523 9,580 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 411 209 202 Total workersCensus workers 64,698 47,880 16,818 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 39.35% 58.15% 20.49% Main workersworked at least 6 months 57,902 44,169 13,733 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 6,796 3,711 3,085 Non-workerspeople 99,732 34,452 65,280
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 43,411 households and 164,430 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.78% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 96.82% for males and 92.12% for females. Of 64,698 workers, 89.5% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 290 141 Agricultural labourers 319 146 Household industry workers 650 199 Other workers 56,643 6,310
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 Alandur (M) 604 05704 164,430
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.