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Kolathur 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 12,748 people
Households 3,413 PCA households
Literacy rate 72.81% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 43.66% % 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 12,748 6,513 6,235 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,128 569 559 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 8,461 4,793 3,668 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 72.81% 80.64% 64.62% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,899 1,472 1,427 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,146 584 562 Total workersCensus workers 5,566 3,722 1,844 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 43.66% 57.15% 29.57% Main workersworked at least 6 months 5,382 3,646 1,736 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 184 76 108 Non-workerspeople 7,182 2,791 4,391
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 3,413 households and 12,748 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.85% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 80.64% for males and 64.62% for females. Of 5,566 workers, 96.69% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 645 4 Agricultural labourers 1,592 62 Household industry workers 94 14 Other workers 3,051 104
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 Kolathur (TP) 608 05736 12,748
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.