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Namakkal 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 55,145 people
Households 15,008 PCA households
Literacy rate 90.76% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 39.12% % 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 55,145 27,366 27,779 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 5,002 2,609 2,393 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 45,508 23,529 21,979 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 90.76% 95.04% 86.58% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 7,553 3,754 3,799 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 278 135 143 Total workersCensus workers 21,572 16,239 5,333 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 39.12% 59.34% 19.2% Main workersworked at least 6 months 20,605 15,799 4,806 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 967 440 527 Non-workerspeople 33,573 11,127 22,446
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 15,008 households and 55,145 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.07% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 95.04% for males and 86.58% for females. Of 21,572 workers, 95.52% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 133 22 Agricultural labourers 264 24 Household industry workers 562 151 Other workers 19,646 770
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 Namakkal (M) 609 05747 55,145
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.