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Town · Census 2011 · code 803701

Ayyampettai 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.
Population16,263people
Households4,106PCA households
Literacy rate89.02%% of people aged 7+
Work participation29.98%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople16,2637,5938,670
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–61,767883884
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+12,9046,2626,642
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+89.02%93.32%85.31%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople821404417
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1064561
Total workersCensus workers4,8753,882993
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population29.98%51.13%11.45%
Main workersworked at least 6 months4,4763,615861
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months399267132
Non-workerspeople11,3883,7117,677

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 27465; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 4,106 households and 16,263 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.87% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.32% for males and 85.31% for females.
  • Of 4,875 workers, 91.82% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1978
Agricultural labourers581171
Household industry workers79725
Other workers2,901195

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
Ayyampettai (TP)6200581216,263

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.