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Chidambaram 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 62,153 people
Households 15,166 PCA households
Literacy rate 91.92% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.71% % 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 62,153 30,582 31,571 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 5,869 2,990 2,879 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 51,736 26,369 25,367 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 91.92% 95.57% 88.41% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 4,232 1,827 2,405 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 56 30 26 Total workersCensus workers 22,194 17,243 4,951 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.71% 56.38% 15.68% Main workersworked at least 6 months 17,020 13,700 3,320 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 5,174 3,543 1,631 Non-workerspeople 39,959 13,339 26,620
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 15,166 households and 62,153 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.44% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 95.57% for males and 88.41% for females. Of 22,194 workers, 76.69% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 241 83 Agricultural labourers 180 213 Household industry workers 489 401 Other workers 16,110 4,477
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 Chidambaram (M) 617 05791 62,153
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.