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Kumarapalayam 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 71,594 people
Households 20,439 PCA households
Literacy rate 78.85% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 51.83% % 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 71,594 35,906 35,688 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 6,095 3,126 2,969 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 51,648 28,214 23,434 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 78.85% 86.07% 71.62% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 3,172 1,587 1,585 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 28 11 17 Total workersCensus workers 37,106 23,437 13,669 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 51.83% 65.27% 38.3% Main workersworked at least 6 months 36,010 22,903 13,107 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,096 534 562 Non-workerspeople 34,488 12,469 22,019
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 20,439 households and 71,594 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.51% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 86.07% for males and 71.62% for females. Of 37,106 workers, 97.05% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 212 19 Agricultural labourers 257 15 Household industry workers 1,767 128 Other workers 33,774 934
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 Kumarapalayam (M) 609 05745 71,594
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.