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Vellore 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 185,803 people
Households 42,598 PCA households
Literacy rate 86.4% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 37.81% % 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 185,803 91,342 94,461 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 19,898 10,093 9,805 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 143,342 74,338 69,004 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 86.4% 91.49% 81.51% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 26,313 12,756 13,557 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 326 174 152 Total workersCensus workers 70,257 52,884 17,373 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 37.81% 57.9% 18.39% Main workersworked at least 6 months 64,360 49,673 14,687 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 5,897 3,211 2,686 Non-workerspeople 115,546 38,458 77,088
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 42,598 households and 185,803 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.71% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.49% for males and 81.51% for females. Of 70,257 workers, 91.61% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 297 59 Agricultural labourers 395 74 Household industry workers 4,387 667 Other workers 59,281 5,097
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 Vellore (M. Corp) 605 05717 185,803
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.