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Puducherry population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Puducherry, 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 244,377 people
Households 60,638 PCA households
Literacy rate 89.22% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.98% % 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 244,377 119,430 124,947 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 23,626 11,844 11,782 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 196,951 101,074 95,877 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 89.22% 93.95% 84.72% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 26,628 12,866 13,762 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 87,920 66,005 21,915 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.98% 55.27% 17.54% Main workersworked at least 6 months 81,931 62,247 19,684 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 5,989 3,758 2,231 Non-workerspeople 156,457 53,425 103,032
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 60,638 households and 244,377 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.67% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.95% for males and 84.72% for females. Of 87,920 workers, 93.19% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 532 90 Agricultural labourers 705 141 Household industry workers 1,304 282 Other workers 79,390 5,476
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 Puducherry (M) 635 05909 244,377
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.