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Kanniyakumari 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 22,453 people
Households 5,525 PCA households
Literacy rate 92.61% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 32.08% % 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 22,453 11,272 11,181 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,551 1,325 1,226 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 18,432 9,233 9,199 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 92.61% 92.82% 92.41% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 308 164 144 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 171 83 88 Total workersCensus workers 7,203 6,222 981 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 32.08% 55.2% 8.77% Main workersworked at least 6 months 6,260 5,513 747 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 943 709 234 Non-workerspeople 15,250 5,050 10,200
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 5,525 households and 22,453 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.36% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.82% for males and 92.41% for females. Of 7,203 workers, 86.91% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 29 12 Agricultural labourers 210 32 Household industry workers 75 82 Other workers 5,946 817
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 Kanniyakumari (TP) 629 05884 22,453
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.