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Mettupalayam 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 7,681 people
Households 2,153 PCA households
Literacy rate 81.31% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 45.24% % 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 7,681 3,858 3,823 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 668 349 319 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 5,702 3,120 2,582 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 81.31% 88.91% 73.69% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,303 650 653 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 3,475 2,342 1,133 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 45.24% 60.71% 29.64% Main workersworked at least 6 months 3,246 2,191 1,055 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 229 151 78 Non-workerspeople 4,206 1,516 2,690
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 2,153 households and 7,681 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.7% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 88.91% for males and 73.69% for females. Of 3,475 workers, 93.41% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 212 10 Agricultural labourers 1,527 41 Household industry workers 67 18 Other workers 1,440 160
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 Mettupalayam (TP) 614 05774 7,681
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.