Home / Places / Towns / Thanjavur Town · Census 2011 · code 803707
Thanjavur 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 222,943 people
Households 56,836 PCA households
Literacy rate 91.27% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 34.99% % 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 222,943 109,199 113,744 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 19,860 10,237 9,623 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 185,364 93,818 91,546 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 91.27% 94.8% 87.92% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 20,563 10,109 10,454 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 469 217 252 Total workersCensus workers 78,005 60,532 17,473 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 34.99% 55.43% 15.36% Main workersworked at least 6 months 71,091 55,894 15,197 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 6,914 4,638 2,276 Non-workerspeople 144,938 48,667 96,271
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 56,836 households and 222,943 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.91% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.8% for males and 87.92% for females. Of 78,005 workers, 91.14% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 803 110 Agricultural labourers 2,331 235 Household industry workers 2,746 322 Other workers 65,211 6,247
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 Thanjavur (M) 620 05814 222,943
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.