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Nagercoil 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 224,849 people
Households 59,997 PCA households
Literacy rate 94.99% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 33.95% % 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 224,849 109,938 114,911 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 20,241 10,119 10,122 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 194,361 96,454 97,907 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 94.99% 96.63% 93.43% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 9,427 4,593 4,834 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 381 165 216 Total workersCensus workers 76,345 60,847 15,498 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 33.95% 55.35% 13.49% Main workersworked at least 6 months 70,720 57,219 13,501 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 5,625 3,628 1,997 Non-workerspeople 148,504 49,091 99,413
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 59,997 households and 224,849 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 96.63% for males and 93.43% for females. Of 76,345 workers, 92.63% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 244 110 Agricultural labourers 1,155 361 Household industry workers 2,271 447 Other workers 67,050 4,707
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 Nagercoil (M) 629 05884 224,849
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.