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Salem 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 829,267 people
Households 215,747 PCA households
Literacy rate 84.42% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 40.05% % 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 829,267 417,317 411,950 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 79,067 40,570 38,497 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 633,314 336,422 296,892 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 84.42% 89.3% 79.5% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 106,320 53,167 53,153 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,270 652 618 Total workersCensus workers 332,147 250,106 82,041 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 40.05% 59.93% 19.92% Main workersworked at least 6 months 316,128 241,200 74,928 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 16,019 8,906 7,113 Non-workerspeople 497,120 167,211 329,909
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 215,747 households and 829,267 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.53% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 89.3% for males and 79.5% for females. Of 332,147 workers, 95.18% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 1,599 165 Agricultural labourers 3,040 544 Household industry workers 32,597 1,937 Other workers 278,892 13,373
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 Salem (M Corp.) 608 05740 829,267
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.