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Town · Census 2011 · code 803660

Lalpet 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.
Population16,561people
Households3,355PCA households
Literacy rate83.77%% of people aged 7+
Work participation27.61%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople16,5618,2098,352
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–62,0491,052997
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+12,1566,3895,767
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+83.77%89.27%78.41%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople589302287
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople101
Total workersCensus workers4,5734,142431
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population27.61%50.46%5.16%
Main workersworked at least 6 months3,8463,567279
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months727575152
Non-workerspeople11,9884,0677,921

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 27347; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 3,355 households and 16,561 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 12.37% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 89.27% for males and 78.41% for females.
  • Of 4,573 workers, 84.1% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators71742
Agricultural labourers1,289320
Household industry workers4062
Other workers1,800303

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
Lalpet (TP)6170579216,561

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.