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Town · Census 2011 · code 803642

Varadarajanpettai 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.
Population8,259people
Households2,049PCA households
Literacy rate77.93%% of people aged 7+
Work participation40.65%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople8,2594,0934,166
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6752396356
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+5,8503,0952,755
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+77.93%83.72%72.31%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople321
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers3,3572,1731,184
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population40.65%53.09%28.42%
Main workersworked at least 6 months2,4191,653766
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months938520418
Non-workerspeople4,9021,9202,982

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 27300; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 2,049 households and 8,259 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 9.11% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 83.72% for males and 72.31% for females.
  • Of 3,357 workers, 72.06% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators677238
Agricultural labourers836553
Household industry workers7333
Other workers833114

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
Varadarajanpettai (TP)616057868,259

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.