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Vallam 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 16,758 people
Households 3,840 PCA households
Literacy rate 89.02% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 32.07% % 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 16,758 7,812 8,946 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,619 877 742 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 13,476 6,485 6,991 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 89.02% 93.51% 85.21% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,462 717 745 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 60 25 35 Total workersCensus workers 5,374 4,134 1,240 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 32.07% 52.92% 13.86% Main workersworked at least 6 months 4,575 3,573 1,002 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 799 561 238 Non-workerspeople 11,384 3,678 7,706
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 3,840 households and 16,758 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.66% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.51% for males and 85.21% for females. Of 5,374 workers, 85.13% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 349 21 Agricultural labourers 855 337 Household industry workers 134 27 Other workers 3,237 414
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 Vallam (TP) 620 05814 16,758
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.