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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 803757

Thiruparankundram population.
Households, literacy and work.

Primary Census Abstract for this town in Tamil Nadu, using 2011 geography.

Tamil Nadu · Census 2011Madurai district
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total includes the outgrowths (OG) explicitly included in the source name; it is not a municipal-core-only count. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population50,004people
Households13,231PCA households
Literacy rate88.27%% of people aged 7+
Work participation37.76%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople50,00425,02824,976
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–64,8512,5192,332
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+39,85720,90918,948
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+88.27%92.89%83.68%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople3,6411,8171,824
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople323155168
Total workersCensus workers18,88414,3334,551
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.76%57.27%18.22%
Main workersworked at least 6 months17,33313,4193,914
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,551914637
Non-workerspeople31,12010,69520,425

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 27648; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 13,231 households and 50,004 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 9.7% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.89% for males and 83.68% for females.
  • Of 18,884 workers, 91.79% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators11047
Agricultural labourers40470
Household industry workers524228
Other workers16,2951,206

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Thiruparankundram (M + OG)6230584150,004

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Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 48,810 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople48,81024,42124,389
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–64,7362,4552,281
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+38,82720,37018,457
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+88.1%92.73%83.49%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople3,6301,8121,818
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople323155168
Total workersCensus workers18,48014,0144,466
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.86%57.39%18.31%
Main workersworked at least 6 months16,93713,1053,832
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,543909634
Non-workerspeople30,33010,40719,923

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 27649; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks