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Chengalpattu 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 62,579 people
Households 15,675 PCA households
Literacy rate 91.88% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 38.25% % 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 62,579 30,982 31,597 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 5,884 3,045 2,839 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 52,094 26,614 25,480 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 91.88% 95.26% 88.6% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 9,733 4,786 4,947 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 903 449 454 Total workersCensus workers 23,937 17,759 6,178 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 38.25% 57.32% 19.55% Main workersworked at least 6 months 20,330 15,654 4,676 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 3,607 2,105 1,502 Non-workerspeople 38,642 13,223 25,419
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 15,675 households and 62,579 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.4% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 95.26% for males and 88.6% for females. Of 23,937 workers, 84.93% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 264 127 Agricultural labourers 215 66 Household industry workers 475 175 Other workers 19,376 3,239
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 Chengalpattu (M) 604 05706 62,579
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.