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Census town · Census 2011 · code 640706

Arumbanur 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.
Population6,148people
Households1,549PCA households
Literacy rate77.93%% of people aged 7+
Work participation46.99%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople6,1483,0663,082
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6716367349
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+4,2332,3481,885
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+77.93%87%68.97%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople1,731885846
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers2,8891,8531,036
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population46.99%60.44%33.61%
Main workersworked at least 6 months2,5811,706875
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months308147161
Non-workerspeople3,2591,2132,046

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 27598; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 1,549 households and 6,148 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 11.65% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 87% and female literacy was 68.97%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 2,889 Census workers, 89.34% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators818
Agricultural labourers61689
Household industry workers849
Other workers1,800202

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
Arumbanur (CT)623058366,148

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