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Mettupalayam 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 69,213 people
Households 18,423 PCA households
Literacy rate 85.52% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 38.42% % 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 69,213 34,232 34,981 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 6,808 3,543 3,265 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 53,367 27,827 25,540 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 85.52% 90.67% 80.53% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 10,216 5,060 5,156 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 58 26 32 Total workersCensus workers 26,595 20,783 5,812 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 38.42% 60.71% 16.61% Main workersworked at least 6 months 25,158 19,941 5,217 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,437 842 595 Non-workerspeople 42,618 13,449 29,169
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 18,423 households and 69,213 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.84% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.67% for males and 80.53% for females. Of 26,595 workers, 94.6% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 147 8 Agricultural labourers 437 60 Household industry workers 704 92 Other workers 23,870 1,277
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 Mettupalayam (M) 632 05895 69,213
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.