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Agastheeswaram 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 9,717 people
Households 2,620 PCA households
Literacy rate 92.31% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 37.76% % 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 9,717 4,809 4,908 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 954 479 475 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 8,089 4,080 4,009 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 92.31% 94.23% 90.44% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 433 223 210 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 25 13 12 Total workersCensus workers 3,669 2,678 991 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 37.76% 55.69% 20.19% Main workersworked at least 6 months 3,289 2,478 811 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 380 200 180 Non-workerspeople 6,048 2,131 3,917
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 2,620 households and 9,717 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.82% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.23% for males and 90.44% for females. Of 3,669 workers, 89.64% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 100 24 Agricultural labourers 533 81 Household industry workers 401 102 Other workers 2,255 173
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 Agastheeswaram (TP) 629 05884 9,717
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.