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Coimbatore 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 1,050,721 people
Households 282,839 PCA households
Literacy rate 91.3% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 40.46% % 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 1,050,721 526,163 524,558 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 102,069 52,275 49,794 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 866,098 447,616 418,482 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 91.3% 94.46% 88.15% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 107,949 54,070 53,879 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 683 363 320 Total workersCensus workers 425,115 320,910 104,205 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 40.46% 60.99% 19.87% Main workersworked at least 6 months 402,038 309,311 92,727 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 23,077 11,599 11,478 Non-workerspeople 625,606 205,253 420,353
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 282,839 households and 1,050,721 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.71% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.46% for males and 88.15% for females. Of 425,115 workers, 94.57% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 1,539 531 Agricultural labourers 2,908 500 Household industry workers 11,789 1,169 Other workers 385,802 20,877
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 Coimbatore (M Corp.) 632 05898 1,050,721
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.