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Mettur 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 52,813 people
Households 14,282 PCA households
Literacy rate 83.61% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 36.55% % 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 52,813 26,202 26,611 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 4,286 2,216 2,070 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 40,572 21,592 18,980 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 83.61% 90.02% 77.34% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 10,261 5,068 5,193 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 222 113 109 Total workersCensus workers 19,305 14,617 4,688 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 36.55% 55.79% 17.62% Main workersworked at least 6 months 16,892 13,041 3,851 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 2,413 1,576 837 Non-workerspeople 33,508 11,585 21,923
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 14,282 households and 52,813 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.12% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.02% for males and 77.34% for females. Of 19,305 workers, 87.5% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 78 13 Agricultural labourers 304 160 Household industry workers 316 141 Other workers 16,194 2,099
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 Mettur (M) 608 05736 52,813
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.