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Dindigul 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 207,327 people
Households 53,573 PCA households
Literacy rate 90.22% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 37.53% % 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 207,327 103,027 104,300 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 19,603 10,126 9,477 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 169,370 87,515 81,855 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 90.22% 94.2% 86.32% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 15,724 7,839 7,885 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 143 63 80 Total workersCensus workers 77,813 59,479 18,334 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 37.53% 57.73% 17.58% Main workersworked at least 6 months 74,244 57,459 16,785 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 3,569 2,020 1,549 Non-workerspeople 129,514 43,548 85,966
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 53,573 households and 207,327 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.46% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.2% for males and 86.32% for females. Of 77,813 workers, 95.41% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 387 46 Agricultural labourers 366 176 Household industry workers 5,328 187 Other workers 68,163 3,160
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 Dindigul (M) 612 05764 207,327
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.