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Census town · Census 2011 · code 642162

Devipattinam 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.
Population11,599people
Households2,452PCA households
Literacy rate88.35%% of people aged 7+
Work participation30.93%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople11,5995,8975,702
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–61,459755704
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+8,9594,7284,231
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+88.35%91.95%84.65%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople1,506773733
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople945
Total workersCensus workers3,5882,831757
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population30.93%48.01%13.28%
Main workersworked at least 6 months2,8602,280580
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months728551177
Non-workerspeople8,0113,0664,945

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 27798; 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 2,452 households and 11,599 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 12.58% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 91.95% and female literacy was 84.65%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 3,588 Census workers, 79.71% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1699
Agricultural labourers46317
Household industry workers7719
Other workers2,151683

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
Devipattinam (CT)6260586011,599

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