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Rajapalayam 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 130,442 people
Households 37,797 PCA households
Literacy rate 85.48% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 41.33% % 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 130,442 64,765 65,677 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 11,604 5,927 5,677 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 101,581 53,711 47,870 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 85.48% 91.29% 79.78% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 17,623 8,666 8,957 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 114 60 54 Total workersCensus workers 53,913 39,468 14,445 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 41.33% 60.94% 21.99% Main workersworked at least 6 months 50,654 37,692 12,962 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 3,259 1,776 1,483 Non-workerspeople 76,529 25,297 51,232
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 37,797 households and 130,442 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.9% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.29% for males and 79.78% for females. Of 53,913 workers, 93.96% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 380 34 Agricultural labourers 3,676 326 Household industry workers 1,375 286 Other workers 45,223 2,613
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 Rajapalayam (M) 625 05847 130,442
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.