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Pethampalayam 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 7,152 people
Households 2,145 PCA households
Literacy rate 63.82% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 62.29% % 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 7,152 3,557 3,595 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 527 279 248 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 4,228 2,404 1,824 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 63.82% 73.34% 54.5% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,899 925 974 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 6 4 2 Total workersCensus workers 4,455 2,423 2,032 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 62.29% 68.12% 56.52% Main workersworked at least 6 months 4,299 2,363 1,936 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 156 60 96 Non-workerspeople 2,697 1,134 1,563
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 2,145 households and 7,152 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 7.37% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 73.34% for males and 54.5% for females. Of 4,455 workers, 96.5% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 1,356 36 Agricultural labourers 1,749 72 Household industry workers 45 4 Other workers 1,149 44
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 Pethampalayam (TP) 610 05752 7,152
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.