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Census town · Census 2011 · code 637708

Poravacheri 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.
Population4,422people
Households1,076PCA households
Literacy rate89.11%% of people aged 7+
Work participation36.27%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople4,4222,2582,164
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6472240232
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+3,5201,9021,618
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+89.11%94.25%83.75%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople1,161577584
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople422
Total workersCensus workers1,6041,328276
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.27%58.81%12.75%
Main workersworked at least 6 months1,3721,222150
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months232106126
Non-workerspeople2,8189301,888

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 27386; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 1,076 households and 4,422 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 10.67% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 94.25% and female literacy was 83.75%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 1,604 Census workers, 85.54% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators422
Agricultural labourers196160
Household industry workers3010
Other workers1,10460

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

These are historical counts, not current market estimates or present-day projections for this town. Read the research guidance before choosing a denominator or adding eligibility, adoption and spending assumptions.

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
Poravacheri (CT)618057994,422

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