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Velampalayam 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 87,427 people
Households 24,381 PCA households
Literacy rate 88.4% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 45.8% % 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 87,427 44,353 43,074 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 10,272 5,259 5,013 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 68,208 36,246 31,962 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 88.4% 92.71% 83.98% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 5,257 2,609 2,648 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 139 53 86 Total workersCensus workers 40,043 28,651 11,392 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 45.8% 64.6% 26.45% Main workersworked at least 6 months 38,419 27,944 10,475 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,624 707 917 Non-workerspeople 47,384 15,702 31,682
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 24,381 households and 87,427 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.75% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.71% for males and 83.98% for females. Of 40,043 workers, 95.94% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 156 25 Agricultural labourers 290 39 Household industry workers 712 104 Other workers 37,261 1,456
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 Velampalayam (M) 633 05904 87,427
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.