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Rameswaram 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 44,856 people
Households 10,579 PCA households
Literacy rate 82.61% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 37.11% % 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 44,856 22,783 22,073 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 5,022 2,544 2,478 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 32,908 17,737 15,171 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 82.61% 87.64% 77.42% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 3,050 1,530 1,520 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 14 7 7 Total workersCensus workers 16,645 13,513 3,132 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 37.11% 59.31% 14.19% Main workersworked at least 6 months 15,367 12,876 2,491 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,278 637 641 Non-workerspeople 28,211 9,270 18,941
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 10,579 households and 44,856 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.2% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 87.64% for males and 77.42% for females. Of 16,645 workers, 92.32% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 69 11 Agricultural labourers 20 26 Household industry workers 148 44 Other workers 15,130 1,197
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 Rameswaram (M) 626 05861 44,856
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.