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Hosur 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 116,821 people
Households 29,255 PCA households
Literacy rate 87.4% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 37.63% % 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 116,821 59,351 57,470 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 14,307 7,274 7,033 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 89,593 47,353 42,240 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 87.4% 90.93% 83.75% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 9,438 4,816 4,622 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 200 99 101 Total workersCensus workers 43,959 34,214 9,745 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 37.63% 57.65% 16.96% Main workersworked at least 6 months 39,730 31,634 8,096 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 4,229 2,580 1,649 Non-workerspeople 72,862 25,137 47,725
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 29,255 households and 116,821 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.25% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.93% for males and 83.75% for females. Of 43,959 workers, 90.38% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 212 57 Agricultural labourers 308 62 Household industry workers 747 189 Other workers 38,463 3,921
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 Hosur (M) 631 05890 116,821
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.