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Mecheri 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 25,676 people
Households 6,330 PCA households
Literacy rate 72.71% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 42.82% % 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 25,676 13,495 12,181 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,716 1,449 1,267 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 16,694 9,665 7,029 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 72.71% 80.23% 64.4% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,189 608 581 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 45 27 18 Total workersCensus workers 10,994 7,843 3,151 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 42.82% 58.12% 25.87% Main workersworked at least 6 months 9,467 7,084 2,383 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,527 759 768 Non-workerspeople 14,682 5,652 9,030
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 6,330 households and 25,676 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.58% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 80.23% for males and 64.4% for females. Of 10,994 workers, 86.11% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 1,426 151 Agricultural labourers 1,759 954 Household industry workers 1,433 91 Other workers 4,849 331
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 Mecheri (TP) 608 05736 25,676
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.