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Tirunelveli 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 473,637 people
Households 120,466 PCA households
Literacy rate 90.39% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 38.53% % 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 473,637 233,659 239,978 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 46,624 23,894 22,730 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 385,976 198,745 187,231 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 90.39% 94.75% 86.18% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 62,393 30,480 31,913 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,509 745 764 Total workersCensus workers 182,471 127,710 54,761 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 38.53% 54.66% 22.82% Main workersworked at least 6 months 168,952 120,226 48,726 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 13,519 7,484 6,035 Non-workerspeople 291,166 105,949 185,217
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 120,466 households and 473,637 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.84% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.75% for males and 86.18% for females. Of 182,471 workers, 92.59% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 2,088 166 Agricultural labourers 5,515 913 Household industry workers 18,914 1,828 Other workers 142,435 10,612
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 Tirunelveli (M Corp.) 628 05876 473,637
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.