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Kotagiri 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 28,207 people
Households 7,860 PCA households
Literacy rate 86.79% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 46.81% % 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 28,207 13,607 14,600 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,340 1,203 1,137 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 22,451 11,604 10,847 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 86.79% 93.55% 80.57% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 7,914 3,852 4,062 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 85 43 42 Total workersCensus workers 13,203 8,004 5,199 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 46.81% 58.82% 35.61% Main workersworked at least 6 months 12,371 7,601 4,770 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 832 403 429 Non-workerspeople 15,004 5,603 9,401
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 7,860 households and 28,207 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.3% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.55% for males and 80.57% for females. Of 13,203 workers, 93.7% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 68 15 Agricultural labourers 896 26 Household industry workers 50 10 Other workers 11,357 781
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 Kotagiri (TP) 611 05757 28,207
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.