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Town · Census 2011 · code 803570

Coonoor 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.
Population45,494people
Households12,384PCA households
Literacy rate92.45%% of people aged 7+
Work participation38.29%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople45,49422,10723,387
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–63,7681,8711,897
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+38,57419,40919,165
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+92.45%95.91%89.18%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople12,7046,1996,505
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1064957
Total workersCensus workers17,42112,4934,928
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population38.29%56.51%21.07%
Main workersworked at least 6 months16,25811,7524,506
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,163741422
Non-workerspeople28,0739,61418,459

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 27108; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 12,384 households and 45,494 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 8.28% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 95.91% for males and 89.18% for females.
  • Of 17,421 workers, 93.32% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators506
Agricultural labourers15266
Household industry workers26631
Other workers15,7901,060

The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Coonoor (M)6110575845,494

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.