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Sholur 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 9,745 people
Households 2,762 PCA households
Literacy rate 74% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 55.43% % 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 9,745 4,750 4,995 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 986 477 509 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 6,482 3,638 2,844 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 74% 85.14% 63.4% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 4,948 2,441 2,507 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,381 676 705 Total workersCensus workers 5,402 2,903 2,499 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 55.43% 61.12% 50.03% Main workersworked at least 6 months 4,862 2,597 2,265 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 540 306 234 Non-workerspeople 4,343 1,847 2,496
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 2,762 households and 9,745 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.12% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 85.14% for males and 63.4% for females. Of 5,402 workers, 90% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 268 14 Agricultural labourers 2,697 331 Household industry workers 31 10 Other workers 1,866 185
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 Sholur (TP) 611 05756 9,745
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.