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Thoothukkudi 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 237,830 people
Households 60,714 PCA households
Literacy rate 93.69% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.18% % 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 237,830 118,298 119,532 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 24,959 12,684 12,275 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 199,432 101,161 98,271 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 93.69% 95.78% 91.62% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 17,649 8,898 8,751 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 249 128 121 Total workersCensus workers 83,669 68,338 15,331 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.18% 57.77% 12.83% Main workersworked at least 6 months 79,186 65,519 13,667 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 4,483 2,819 1,664 Non-workerspeople 154,161 49,960 104,201
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 60,714 households and 237,830 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.49% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 95.78% for males and 91.62% for females. Of 83,669 workers, 94.64% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 114 69 Agricultural labourers 154 25 Household industry workers 1,498 280 Other workers 77,420 4,109
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 Thoothukkudi (M Corp.) 627 05866 237,830
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.