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Sivakasi 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 71,040 people
Households 18,952 PCA households
Literacy rate 88.28% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 41.3% % 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 71,040 35,356 35,684 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 6,963 3,474 3,489 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 56,565 29,574 26,991 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 88.28% 92.76% 83.84% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 5,933 2,936 2,997 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 180 97 83 Total workersCensus workers 29,342 21,629 7,713 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 41.3% 61.17% 21.61% Main workersworked at least 6 months 28,774 21,390 7,384 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 568 239 329 Non-workerspeople 41,698 13,727 27,971
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 18,952 households and 71,040 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.8% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.76% for males and 83.84% for females. Of 29,342 workers, 98.06% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 22 6 Agricultural labourers 135 3 Household industry workers 955 79 Other workers 27,662 480
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 Sivakasi (M) 625 05849 71,040
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.