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Keelakarai 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 38,355 people
Households 7,448 PCA households
Literacy rate 93.31% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 31.37% % 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 38,355 19,685 18,670 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 4,391 2,204 2,187 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 31,692 16,824 14,868 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 93.31% 96.24% 90.2% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,086 532 554 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 12,033 10,830 1,203 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 31.37% 55.02% 6.44% Main workersworked at least 6 months 11,006 10,078 928 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,027 752 275 Non-workerspeople 26,322 8,855 17,467
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 7,448 households and 38,355 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.45% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 96.24% for males and 90.2% for females. Of 12,033 workers, 91.47% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 29 15 Agricultural labourers 47 18 Household industry workers 165 38 Other workers 10,765 956
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 Keelakarai (M) 626 05860 38,355
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.