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Cuddalore 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 173,636 people
Households 42,174 PCA households
Literacy rate 87.71% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.77% % 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 173,636 85,700 87,936 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 17,403 8,869 8,534 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 137,031 70,949 66,082 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 87.71% 92.34% 83.22% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 22,959 11,281 11,678 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 515 262 253 Total workersCensus workers 62,115 48,047 14,068 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.77% 56.06% 16% Main workersworked at least 6 months 52,218 42,120 10,098 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 9,897 5,927 3,970 Non-workerspeople 111,521 37,653 73,868
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 42,174 households and 173,636 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.02% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.34% for males and 83.22% for females. Of 62,115 workers, 84.07% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 561 139 Agricultural labourers 1,856 952 Household industry workers 1,464 771 Other workers 48,337 8,035
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 Cuddalore (M) 617 05789 173,636
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.