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Kayalpattinam 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 40,588 people
Households 9,417 PCA households
Literacy rate 92.71% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 28.12% % 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 40,588 19,492 21,096 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 4,995 2,548 2,447 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 32,998 16,097 16,901 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 92.71% 95% 90.63% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,991 1,507 1,484 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 3 1 2 Total workersCensus workers 11,414 10,033 1,381 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 28.12% 51.47% 6.55% Main workersworked at least 6 months 10,967 9,809 1,158 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 447 224 223 Non-workerspeople 29,174 9,459 19,715
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 9,417 households and 40,588 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.31% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 95% for males and 90.63% for females. Of 11,414 workers, 96.08% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 17 9 Agricultural labourers 27 4 Household industry workers 206 30 Other workers 10,717 404
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 Kayalpattinam (M) 627 05868 40,588
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.