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Dharapuram 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 56,007 people
Households 15,842 PCA households
Literacy rate 88.36% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 42.36% % 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 56,007 27,393 28,614 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 5,048 2,566 2,482 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 45,028 23,213 21,815 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 88.36% 93.5% 83.48% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 12,032 5,981 6,051 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 56 30 26 Total workersCensus workers 23,722 16,674 7,048 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 42.36% 60.87% 24.63% Main workersworked at least 6 months 19,938 14,410 5,528 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 3,784 2,264 1,520 Non-workerspeople 32,285 10,719 21,566
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 15,842 households and 56,007 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.01% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.5% for males and 83.48% for females. Of 23,722 workers, 84.05% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 506 51 Agricultural labourers 1,227 697 Household industry workers 652 204 Other workers 17,553 2,832
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 Dharapuram (M) 633 05902 56,007
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.