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Veerakeralam 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 23,841 people
Households 6,536 PCA households
Literacy rate 89.98% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 42.41% % 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 23,841 11,850 11,991 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,109 1,043 1,066 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 19,554 10,103 9,451 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 89.98% 93.49% 86.51% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,056 985 1,071 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 4 2 2 Total workersCensus workers 10,112 7,195 2,917 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 42.41% 60.72% 24.33% Main workersworked at least 6 months 8,760 6,363 2,397 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,352 832 520 Non-workerspeople 13,729 4,655 9,074
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 6,536 households and 23,841 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.85% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.49% for males and 86.51% for females. Of 10,112 workers, 86.63% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 62 8 Agricultural labourers 647 58 Household industry workers 195 31 Other workers 7,856 1,255
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 Veerakeralam (TP) 632 05897 23,841
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.