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Census town · Census 2011 · code 634069

Rajapalayam population.
Households, literacy and work.

A detailed town profile in Tamil Nadu, using the original Primary Census Abstract. Every figure on this page belongs to the source’s 2011 population and 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.
Population5,807people
Households1,629PCA households
Literacy rate68.82%% of people aged 7+
Work participation56.33%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople5,8073,0142,793
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6570310260
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+3,6042,1221,482
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+68.82%78.48%58.51%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople722380342
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers3,2711,9671,304
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population56.33%65.26%46.69%
Main workersworked at least 6 months3,1901,9421,248
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months812556
Non-workerspeople2,5361,0471,489

Calculated percentages retain the denominator named in each row. Counts are reported people or households, and are not estimates for a later year.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 26914; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 1,629 households and 5,807 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 9.82% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 78.48% and female literacy was 58.51%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 3,271 Census workers, 97.52% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators3290
Agricultural labourers56117
Household industry workers73310
Other workers1,56754

Cultivators, agricultural labourers, household industry workers and other workers are separate Census activity categories. A worker count is not a count of employees on a company payroll.

Using the profile in research

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Definitions, calculation methods and source access

Literacy uses people aged 7 and above; work participation uses all residents. Main workers worked at least six months. Households are the PCA household count, not houses. Rates with zero denominators are unavailable. Names and boundaries belong to Census 2011.

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Rajapalayam (CT)608057405,807

The main profile combines the selected, non-overlapping components. A municipal-core row and its wider row including outgrowths are not added together.