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Puthalam 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 13,073 people
Households 3,417 PCA households
Literacy rate 92.86% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.75% % 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 13,073 6,449 6,624 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,280 594 686 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 10,951 5,553 5,398 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 92.86% 94.84% 90.91% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 190 95 95 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 4,674 3,668 1,006 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.75% 56.88% 15.19% Main workersworked at least 6 months 3,956 3,258 698 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 718 410 308 Non-workerspeople 8,399 2,781 5,618
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 3,417 households and 13,073 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.79% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.84% for males and 90.91% for females. Of 4,674 workers, 84.64% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 69 8 Agricultural labourers 530 78 Household industry workers 270 245 Other workers 3,087 387
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 Puthalam (TP) 629 05884 13,073
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.