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Thenkarai 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 7,349 people
Households 2,093 PCA households
Literacy rate 64.77% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 55.56% % 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 7,349 3,657 3,692 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 567 299 268 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 4,393 2,482 1,911 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 64.77% 73.91% 55.81% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,016 513 503 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 77 42 35 Total workersCensus workers 4,083 2,462 1,621 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 55.56% 67.32% 43.91% Main workersworked at least 6 months 3,912 2,390 1,522 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 171 72 99 Non-workerspeople 3,266 1,195 2,071
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 2,093 households and 7,349 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 7.72% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 73.91% for males and 55.81% for females. Of 4,083 workers, 95.81% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 729 2 Agricultural labourers 1,787 62 Household industry workers 101 13 Other workers 1,295 94
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 Thenkarai (TP) 632 05898 7,349
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.