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Karaikal 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 86,838 people
Households 21,320 PCA households
Literacy rate 88.86% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 33.73% % 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 86,838 42,261 44,577 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 9,516 4,799 4,717 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 68,706 35,085 33,621 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 88.86% 93.65% 84.35% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 9,770 4,722 5,048 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 29,293 23,064 6,229 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 33.73% 54.58% 13.97% Main workersworked at least 6 months 26,417 21,286 5,131 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 2,876 1,778 1,098 Non-workerspeople 57,545 19,197 38,348
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 21,320 households and 86,838 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.96% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.65% for males and 84.35% for females. Of 29,293 workers, 90.18% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 233 36 Agricultural labourers 1,198 342 Household industry workers 412 159 Other workers 24,574 2,339
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 Karaikal (M) 637 05914 86,838
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.