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Karaikkudi 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 106,714 people
Households 27,504 PCA households
Literacy rate 90.49% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 37.55% % 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 106,714 53,348 53,366 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 10,619 5,405 5,214 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 86,955 45,406 41,549 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 90.49% 94.71% 86.29% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 7,667 3,804 3,863 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 94 50 44 Total workersCensus workers 40,069 31,027 9,042 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 37.55% 58.16% 16.94% Main workersworked at least 6 months 32,697 26,640 6,057 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 7,372 4,387 2,985 Non-workerspeople 66,645 22,321 44,324
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 27,504 households and 106,714 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.95% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.71% for males and 86.29% for females. Of 40,069 workers, 81.6% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 244 62 Agricultural labourers 314 496 Household industry workers 1,303 345 Other workers 30,836 6,469
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 Karaikkudi (M) 622 05830 106,714
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.