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Vazhapadi 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 17,559 people
Households 4,582 PCA households
Literacy rate 82.3% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 43.7% % 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 17,559 8,843 8,716 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,679 886 793 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 13,070 7,105 5,965 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 82.3% 89.29% 75.29% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 4,629 2,335 2,294 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 46 23 23 Total workersCensus workers 7,674 5,085 2,589 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 43.7% 57.5% 29.7% Main workersworked at least 6 months 6,605 4,537 2,068 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,069 548 521 Non-workerspeople 9,885 3,758 6,127
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 4,582 households and 17,559 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.56% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 89.29% for males and 75.29% for females. Of 7,674 workers, 86.07% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 1,153 42 Agricultural labourers 1,305 157 Household industry workers 104 133 Other workers 4,043 737
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 Vazhapadi (TP) 608 05742 17,559
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.