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Ariyalur 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 28,902 people
Households 7,319 PCA households
Literacy rate 84.77% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.58% % 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 28,902 14,349 14,553 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,977 1,538 1,439 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 21,977 11,564 10,413 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 84.77% 90.27% 79.4% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 3,254 1,620 1,634 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 8 5 3 Total workersCensus workers 10,283 7,815 2,468 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.58% 54.46% 16.96% Main workersworked at least 6 months 8,448 6,530 1,918 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,835 1,285 550 Non-workerspeople 18,619 6,534 12,085
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 7,319 households and 28,902 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.3% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.27% for males and 79.4% for females. Of 10,283 workers, 82.16% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 315 159 Agricultural labourers 670 175 Household industry workers 298 150 Other workers 7,165 1,351
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 Ariyalur (M) 616 05787 28,902
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.