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Virudhachalam 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 73,585 people
Households 18,209 PCA households
Literacy rate 86.69% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.54% % 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 73,585 37,066 36,519 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 7,735 4,041 3,694 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 57,083 30,550 26,533 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 86.69% 92.51% 80.83% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 12,334 6,149 6,185 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 323 168 155 Total workersCensus workers 26,153 20,431 5,722 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.54% 55.12% 15.67% Main workersworked at least 6 months 22,498 18,075 4,423 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 3,655 2,356 1,299 Non-workerspeople 47,432 16,635 30,797
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 18,209 households and 73,585 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.51% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.51% for males and 80.83% for females. Of 26,153 workers, 86.02% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 609 77 Agricultural labourers 2,257 409 Household industry workers 644 245 Other workers 18,988 2,924
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 Virudhachalam (M) 617 05793 73,585
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.