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Kottur 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 26,627 people
Households 7,769 PCA households
Literacy rate 74.12% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 49.24% % 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 26,627 13,105 13,522 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,124 1,100 1,024 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 18,162 9,797 8,365 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 74.12% 81.61% 66.93% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 3,941 1,964 1,977 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 932 474 458 Total workersCensus workers 13,111 8,399 4,712 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 49.24% 64.09% 34.85% Main workersworked at least 6 months 11,556 7,551 4,005 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,555 848 707 Non-workerspeople 13,516 4,706 8,810
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 7,769 households and 26,627 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 7.98% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 81.61% for males and 66.93% for females. Of 13,111 workers, 88.14% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 606 20 Agricultural labourers 5,093 860 Household industry workers 268 77 Other workers 5,589 598
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 Kottur (TP) 632 05899 26,627
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.