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Jambai 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 16,522 people
Households 4,789 PCA households
Literacy rate 65.89% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 57.5% % 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 16,522 8,330 8,192 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,399 726 673 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 9,964 5,691 4,273 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 65.89% 74.84% 56.83% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 3,930 1,962 1,968 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 9,500 5,528 3,972 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 57.5% 66.36% 48.49% Main workersworked at least 6 months 8,556 5,055 3,501 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 944 473 471 Non-workerspeople 7,022 2,802 4,220
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 4,789 households and 16,522 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.47% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 74.84% for males and 56.83% for females. Of 9,500 workers, 90.06% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 791 22 Agricultural labourers 3,313 351 Household industry workers 786 60 Other workers 3,666 511
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 Jambai (TP) 610 05750 16,522
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.