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Shenkottai 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 26,823 people
Households 7,146 PCA households
Literacy rate 86.62% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 40.03% % 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 26,823 13,183 13,640 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,642 1,327 1,315 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 20,945 11,075 9,870 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 86.62% 93.41% 80.08% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,698 1,344 1,354 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 324 161 163 Total workersCensus workers 10,736 7,516 3,220 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 40.03% 57.01% 23.61% Main workersworked at least 6 months 10,146 7,110 3,036 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 590 406 184 Non-workerspeople 16,087 5,667 10,420
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 7,146 households and 26,823 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.85% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.41% for males and 80.08% for females. Of 10,736 workers, 94.5% 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 14 Agricultural labourers 674 60 Household industry workers 1,923 105 Other workers 7,435 411
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 Shenkottai (M) 628 05874 26,823
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.