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Karur 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 70,980 people
Households 19,344 PCA households
Literacy rate 89.46% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 42.57% % 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 70,980 34,937 36,043 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 6,147 3,162 2,985 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 57,998 30,056 27,942 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 89.46% 94.59% 84.52% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 8,596 4,275 4,321 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 60 31 29 Total workersCensus workers 30,216 21,480 8,736 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 42.57% 61.48% 24.24% Main workersworked at least 6 months 27,435 19,837 7,598 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 2,781 1,643 1,138 Non-workerspeople 40,764 13,457 27,307
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 19,344 households and 70,980 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.66% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.59% for males and 84.52% for females. Of 30,216 workers, 90.8% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 125 24 Agricultural labourers 181 82 Household industry workers 469 140 Other workers 26,660 2,535
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 Karur (M) 613 05769 70,980
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.