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Kappiyarai 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 15,998 people
Households 4,045 PCA households
Literacy rate 93.91% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.55% % 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 15,998 7,858 8,140 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,634 813 821 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 13,489 6,709 6,780 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 93.91% 95.23% 92.64% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 225 107 118 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 5,688 4,477 1,211 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.55% 56.97% 14.88% Main workersworked at least 6 months 4,512 3,786 726 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,176 691 485 Non-workerspeople 10,310 3,381 6,929
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 4,045 households and 15,998 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.21% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 95.23% for males and 92.64% for females. Of 5,688 workers, 79.32% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 36 22 Agricultural labourers 404 283 Household industry workers 78 198 Other workers 3,994 673
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 Kappiyarai (TP) 629 05882 15,998
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.