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Virudhunagar 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 72,296 people
Households 19,841 PCA households
Literacy rate 92.54% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 38.08% % 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 72,296 35,889 36,407 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 6,454 3,268 3,186 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 60,929 31,237 29,692 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 92.54% 95.76% 89.38% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 5,104 2,485 2,619 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 60 27 33 Total workersCensus workers 27,533 21,576 5,957 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 38.08% 60.12% 16.36% Main workersworked at least 6 months 26,087 20,690 5,397 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,446 886 560 Non-workerspeople 44,763 14,313 30,450
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 19,841 households and 72,296 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.93% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 95.76% for males and 89.38% for females. Of 27,533 workers, 94.75% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 54 17 Agricultural labourers 64 10 Household industry workers 703 66 Other workers 25,266 1,353
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 Virudhunagar (M) 625 05850 72,296
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.