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Alangayam 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 18,327 people
Households 4,183 PCA households
Literacy rate 77.62% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 40.56% % 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 18,327 9,059 9,268 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,042 1,040 1,002 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 12,640 6,802 5,838 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 77.62% 84.82% 70.63% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 6,028 3,038 2,990 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 397 199 198 Total workersCensus workers 7,434 5,157 2,277 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 40.56% 56.93% 24.57% Main workersworked at least 6 months 5,917 4,336 1,581 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,517 821 696 Non-workerspeople 10,893 3,902 6,991
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 4,183 households and 18,327 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.14% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 84.82% for males and 70.63% for females. Of 7,434 workers, 79.59% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 578 48 Agricultural labourers 1,339 494 Household industry workers 163 158 Other workers 3,837 817
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 Alangayam (TP) 605 05718 18,327
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.