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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 803384

Walajapet population.
Households, literacy and work.

Primary Census Abstract for this town in Tamil Nadu, using 2011 geography.

Tamil Nadu · Census 2011Vellore district
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total includes the outgrowths (OG) explicitly included in the source name; it is not a municipal-core-only count. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population47,498people
Households11,289PCA households
Literacy rate84.57%% of people aged 7+
Work participation38.54%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople47,49823,42224,076
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–64,9402,5782,362
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+35,99118,88217,109
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+84.57%90.59%78.79%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople7,0273,3923,635
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1024557
Total workersCensus workers18,30813,6624,646
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population38.54%58.33%19.3%
Main workersworked at least 6 months17,08913,0264,063
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,219636583
Non-workerspeople29,1909,76019,430

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 26690; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 11,289 households and 47,498 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.4% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.59% for males and 78.79% for females.
  • Of 18,308 workers, 93.34% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators10816
Agricultural labourers17475
Household industry workers1,498232
Other workers15,309896

The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Walajapet (M + OG)6050571447,498

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 32,397 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople32,39715,95116,446
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–63,2491,6751,574
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+25,02813,07611,952
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+85.87%91.59%80.37%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople3,9481,9132,035
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople531835
Total workersCensus workers12,2239,2352,988
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.73%57.9%18.17%
Main workersworked at least 6 months11,5908,9012,689
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months633334299
Non-workerspeople20,1746,71613,458

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 26691; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks