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Melur 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 40,017 people
Households 9,872 PCA households
Literacy rate 89.51% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.3% % 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 40,017 20,405 19,612 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 4,488 2,353 2,135 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 31,802 17,017 14,785 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 89.51% 94.27% 84.6% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 4,936 2,483 2,453 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 155 89 66 Total workersCensus workers 14,126 11,211 2,915 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.3% 54.94% 14.86% Main workersworked at least 6 months 12,613 10,264 2,349 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,513 947 566 Non-workerspeople 25,891 9,194 16,697
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 9,872 households and 40,017 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.22% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.27% for males and 84.6% for females. Of 14,126 workers, 89.29% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 355 33 Agricultural labourers 1,493 230 Household industry workers 295 88 Other workers 10,470 1,162
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 Melur (M) 623 05835 40,017
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.