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Pothanur 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 18,455 people
Households 5,147 PCA households
Literacy rate 82.27% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 46.62% % 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 18,455 9,254 9,201 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,618 820 798 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 13,851 7,455 6,396 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 82.27% 88.39% 76.12% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,395 690 705 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 11 9 2 Total workersCensus workers 8,603 5,689 2,914 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 46.62% 61.48% 31.67% Main workersworked at least 6 months 7,653 5,182 2,471 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 950 507 443 Non-workerspeople 9,852 3,565 6,287
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 5,147 households and 18,455 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.77% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 88.39% for males and 76.12% for females. Of 8,603 workers, 88.96% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 307 31 Agricultural labourers 2,745 234 Household industry workers 168 73 Other workers 4,433 612
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 Pothanur (TP) 609 05748 18,455
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.