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Arakonam 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 78,395 people
Households 19,507 PCA households
Literacy rate 90.75% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 33.2% % 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 78,395 38,810 39,585 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 7,727 3,995 3,732 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 64,133 33,235 30,898 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 90.75% 95.46% 86.18% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 21,245 10,456 10,789 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 870 424 446 Total workersCensus workers 26,029 21,313 4,716 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 33.2% 54.92% 11.91% Main workersworked at least 6 months 22,817 18,908 3,909 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 3,212 2,405 807 Non-workerspeople 52,366 17,497 34,869
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 19,507 households and 78,395 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.86% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 95.46% for males and 86.18% for females. Of 26,029 workers, 87.66% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 80 42 Agricultural labourers 206 33 Household industry workers 674 156 Other workers 21,857 2,981
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 Arakonam (M) 605 05715 78,395
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.