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Madurai 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 1,017,865 people
Households 266,449 PCA households
Literacy rate 90.91% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 38.44% % 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 1,017,865 509,302 508,563 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 100,324 51,485 48,839 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 834,104 433,860 400,244 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 90.91% 94.77% 87.06% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 63,833 31,874 31,959 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 3,149 1,554 1,595 Total workersCensus workers 391,315 301,048 90,267 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 38.44% 59.11% 17.75% Main workersworked at least 6 months 363,533 285,401 78,132 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 27,782 15,647 12,135 Non-workerspeople 626,550 208,254 418,296
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 266,449 households and 1,017,865 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.86% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.77% for males and 87.06% for females. Of 391,315 workers, 92.9% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 1,224 388 Agricultural labourers 2,178 616 Household industry workers 11,282 1,611 Other workers 348,849 25,167
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 Madurai (M Corp.) 623 05841 1,017,865
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.