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Town · Census 2011 · code 803357

Puzhithivakkam 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.

Tamil Nadu · Census 2011Kancheepuram district
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.
Population53,322people
Households13,918PCA households
Literacy rate94.95%% of people aged 7+
Work participation37.52%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople53,32226,77026,552
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–65,2802,6792,601
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+45,61623,39322,223
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+94.95%97.1%92.79%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople2,8721,4651,407
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1125062
Total workersCensus workers20,00415,3314,673
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.52%57.27%17.6%
Main workersworked at least 6 months18,95114,7064,245
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,053625428
Non-workerspeople33,31811,43921,879

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 26605; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 13,918 households and 53,322 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 9.9% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 97.1% and female literacy was 92.79%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 20,004 Census workers, 94.74% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators3926
Agricultural labourers6711
Household industry workers24630
Other workers18,599986

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.

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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
Puzhithivakkam (Ullagaram) (M)6040570553,322

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