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Perambalur 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 49,648 people
Households 12,732 PCA households
Literacy rate 90.2% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 37.12% % 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 49,648 24,659 24,989 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 5,190 2,678 2,512 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 40,099 20,741 19,358 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 90.2% 94.36% 86.12% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 14,612 7,171 7,441 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 145 64 81 Total workersCensus workers 18,430 13,309 5,121 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 37.12% 53.97% 20.49% Main workersworked at least 6 months 16,870 12,335 4,535 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,560 974 586 Non-workerspeople 31,218 11,350 19,868
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 12,732 households and 49,648 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.45% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.36% for males and 86.12% for females. Of 18,430 workers, 91.54% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 998 49 Agricultural labourers 1,746 390 Household industry workers 364 78 Other workers 13,762 1,043
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 Perambalur (M) 615 05783 49,648
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.