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Muthupet 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 21,722 people
Households 5,102 PCA households
Literacy rate 87.47% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 31.48% % 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 21,722 10,585 11,137 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,542 1,310 1,232 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 16,777 8,619 8,158 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 87.47% 92.93% 82.36% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,939 948 991 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 96 46 50 Total workersCensus workers 6,837 5,666 1,171 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 31.48% 53.53% 10.51% Main workersworked at least 6 months 5,643 4,891 752 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,194 775 419 Non-workerspeople 14,885 4,919 9,966
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 5,102 households and 21,722 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.7% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.93% for males and 82.36% for females. Of 6,837 workers, 82.54% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 495 17 Agricultural labourers 868 429 Household industry workers 90 57 Other workers 4,190 691
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 Muthupet (TP) 619 05809 21,722
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.