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Peraiyur 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 10,394 people
Households 2,796 PCA households
Literacy rate 79.98% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 43.53% % 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 10,394 5,292 5,102 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,078 599 479 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 7,451 4,087 3,364 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 79.98% 87.09% 72.77% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,178 622 556 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 11 3 8 Total workersCensus workers 4,525 3,036 1,489 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 43.53% 57.37% 29.18% Main workersworked at least 6 months 3,999 2,845 1,154 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 526 191 335 Non-workerspeople 5,869 2,256 3,613
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 2,796 households and 10,394 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.37% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 87.09% for males and 72.77% for females. Of 4,525 workers, 88.38% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 71 3 Agricultural labourers 688 67 Household industry workers 255 94 Other workers 2,985 362
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 Peraiyur (TP) 623 05839 10,394
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.