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Perur 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 8,004 people
Households 2,211 PCA households
Literacy rate 84% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 46.18% % 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 8,004 4,010 3,994 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 690 345 345 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 6,144 3,252 2,892 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 84% 88.73% 79.25% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,211 602 609 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 3,696 2,596 1,100 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 46.18% 64.74% 27.54% Main workersworked at least 6 months 3,531 2,527 1,004 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 165 69 96 Non-workerspeople 4,308 1,414 2,894
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 2,211 households and 8,004 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.62% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 88.73% for males and 79.25% for females. Of 3,696 workers, 95.54% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 25 10 Agricultural labourers 252 9 Household industry workers 96 2 Other workers 3,158 144
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 Perur (TP) 632 05898 8,004
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.