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Sankarapuram 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 15,664 people
Households 3,539 PCA households
Literacy rate 79.8% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 36.39% % 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 15,664 7,818 7,846 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,904 984 920 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 10,980 5,953 5,027 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 79.8% 87.11% 72.58% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,304 1,151 1,153 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 87 41 46 Total workersCensus workers 5,700 4,228 1,472 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 36.39% 54.08% 18.76% Main workersworked at least 6 months 5,151 3,888 1,263 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 549 340 209 Non-workerspeople 9,964 3,590 6,374
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 3,539 households and 15,664 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.16% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 87.11% for males and 72.58% for females. Of 5,700 workers, 90.37% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 323 19 Agricultural labourers 1,064 63 Household industry workers 152 109 Other workers 3,612 358
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 Sankarapuram (TP) 607 05733 15,664
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.