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Tenkasi 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 70,545 people
Households 17,887 PCA households
Literacy rate 87.71% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 39.53% % 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 70,545 34,920 35,625 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 7,413 3,774 3,639 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 55,374 28,979 26,395 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 87.71% 93.04% 82.52% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 9,992 4,943 5,049 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 332 156 176 Total workersCensus workers 27,885 19,908 7,977 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 39.53% 57.01% 22.39% Main workersworked at least 6 months 25,520 18,561 6,959 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 2,365 1,347 1,018 Non-workerspeople 42,660 15,012 27,648
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 17,887 households and 70,545 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.51% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.04% for males and 82.52% for females. Of 27,885 workers, 91.52% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 279 28 Agricultural labourers 2,006 90 Household industry workers 3,332 494 Other workers 19,903 1,753
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 Tenkasi (M) 628 05873 70,545
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.