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Kumbakonam 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 140,156 people
Households 35,509 PCA households
Literacy rate 91.57% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.14% % 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 140,156 69,340 70,816 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 12,791 6,495 6,296 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 116,626 59,913 56,713 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 91.57% 95.33% 87.9% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 9,058 4,440 4,618 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 82 45 37 Total workersCensus workers 49,244 39,725 9,519 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.14% 57.29% 13.44% Main workersworked at least 6 months 46,355 37,865 8,490 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 2,889 1,860 1,029 Non-workerspeople 90,912 29,615 61,297
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 35,509 households and 140,156 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.13% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 95.33% for males and 87.9% for females. Of 49,244 workers, 94.13% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 499 47 Agricultural labourers 632 190 Household industry workers 3,719 276 Other workers 41,505 2,376
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 Kumbakonam (M) 620 05811 140,156
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.