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Samathur 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 5,762 people
Households 1,735 PCA households
Literacy rate 78.75% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 51.77% % 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 5,762 2,846 2,916 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 415 215 200 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 4,211 2,242 1,969 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 78.75% 85.21% 72.5% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 971 479 492 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 2,983 1,869 1,114 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 51.77% 65.67% 38.2% Main workersworked at least 6 months 2,796 1,790 1,006 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 187 79 108 Non-workerspeople 2,779 977 1,802
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 1,735 households and 5,762 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 7.2% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 85.21% for males and 72.5% for females. Of 2,983 workers, 93.73% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 81 5 Agricultural labourers 683 99 Household industry workers 119 5 Other workers 1,913 78
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 Samathur (TP) 632 05899 5,762
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.