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Mahe 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 41,816 people
Households 7,420 PCA households
Literacy rate 97.87% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 28.22% % 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 41,816 19,143 22,673 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 4,553 2,302 2,251 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 36,470 16,610 19,860 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 97.87% 98.63% 97.25% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 144 77 67 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 11,802 9,093 2,709 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 28.22% 47.5% 11.95% Main workersworked at least 6 months 10,404 8,295 2,109 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,398 798 600 Non-workerspeople 30,014 10,050 19,964
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 7,420 households and 41,816 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.89% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 98.63% for males and 97.25% for females. Of 11,802 workers, 88.15% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 23 20 Agricultural labourers 57 25 Household industry workers 60 9 Other workers 10,264 1,344
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 Mahe (M) 636 05913 41,816
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.