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Thenkarai 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 14,838 people
Households 3,773 PCA households
Literacy rate 72.85% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 47.69% % 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 14,838 7,485 7,353 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,552 787 765 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 9,679 5,487 4,192 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 72.85% 81.92% 63.63% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 6,210 3,132 3,078 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 3 1 2 Total workersCensus workers 7,076 4,349 2,727 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 47.69% 58.1% 37.09% Main workersworked at least 6 months 5,942 3,754 2,188 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,134 595 539 Non-workerspeople 7,762 3,136 4,626
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 3,773 households and 14,838 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.46% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 81.92% for males and 63.63% for females. Of 7,076 workers, 83.97% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 250 19 Agricultural labourers 2,974 698 Household industry workers 168 32 Other workers 2,550 385
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 Thenkarai (TP) 624 05843 14,838
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.