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Nagapattinam 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 102,905 people
Households 24,688 PCA households
Literacy rate 89.02% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 32.59% % 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 102,905 50,793 52,112 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 11,884 6,089 5,795 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 81,031 41,875 39,156 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 89.02% 93.67% 84.54% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 8,917 4,267 4,650 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 641 307 334 Total workersCensus workers 33,532 27,543 5,989 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 32.59% 54.23% 11.49% Main workersworked at least 6 months 31,009 25,814 5,195 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 2,523 1,729 794 Non-workerspeople 69,373 23,250 46,123
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 24,688 households and 102,905 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.55% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.67% for males and 84.54% for females. Of 33,532 workers, 92.48% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 209 35 Agricultural labourers 320 130 Household industry workers 605 64 Other workers 29,875 2,294
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 Nagapattinam (M) 618 05799 102,905
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.