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Colachel 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 23,227 people
Households 5,205 PCA households
Literacy rate 90.94% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 34.02% % 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 23,227 11,767 11,460 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,661 1,361 1,300 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 18,702 9,534 9,168 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 90.94% 91.62% 90.24% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 455 236 219 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 7,902 6,748 1,154 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 34.02% 57.35% 10.07% Main workersworked at least 6 months 7,123 6,312 811 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 779 436 343 Non-workerspeople 15,325 5,019 10,306
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 5,205 households and 23,227 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.46% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.62% for males and 90.24% for females. Of 7,902 workers, 90.14% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 185 11 Agricultural labourers 131 110 Household industry workers 183 83 Other workers 6,624 575
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 Colachel (M) 629 05882 23,227
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.