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Desur 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 4,597 people
Households 1,163 PCA households
Literacy rate 83.11% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 42.98% % 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 4,597 2,246 2,351 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 404 206 198 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 3,485 1,878 1,607 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 83.11% 92.06% 74.64% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,174 564 610 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 141 73 68 Total workersCensus workers 1,976 1,331 645 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 42.98% 59.26% 27.44% Main workersworked at least 6 months 1,566 1,096 470 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 410 235 175 Non-workerspeople 2,621 915 1,706
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 1,163 households and 4,597 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.79% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.06% for males and 74.64% for females. Of 1,976 workers, 79.25% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 187 3 Agricultural labourers 666 145 Household industry workers 32 79 Other workers 681 183
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 Desur (TP) 606 05723 4,597
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.