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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 803341

Kundrathur 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 includes the outgrowths (OG) explicitly included in the source name; it is not a municipal-core-only count. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population54,986people
Households13,864PCA households
Literacy rate86%% of people aged 7+
Work participation39.91%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople54,98627,56227,424
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–66,0853,1432,942
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+42,05522,24219,813
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+86%91.08%80.93%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople12,8576,4606,397
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1858798
Total workersCensus workers21,94516,5435,402
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population39.91%60.02%19.7%
Main workersworked at least 6 months18,21314,0564,157
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,7322,4871,245
Non-workerspeople33,04111,01922,022

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 26561; 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 13,864 households and 54,986 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 11.07% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 91.08% and female literacy was 80.93%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 21,945 Census workers, 82.99% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators8729
Agricultural labourers537190
Household industry workers442122
Other workers17,1473,391

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
Kundrathur (TP + OG)6040570254,986

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

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 42,126 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople42,12621,09521,031
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–64,5932,3722,221
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+32,27917,05315,226
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+86%91.08%80.95%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople7,0033,5753,428
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople854144
Total workersCensus workers17,02612,8214,205
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population40.42%60.78%19.99%
Main workersworked at least 6 months13,90210,7343,168
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,1242,0871,037
Non-workerspeople25,1008,27416,826

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 26562; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks