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Town · Census 2011 · code 803561

O' Valley 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 2011The Nilgiris 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.
Population21,943people
Households5,307PCA households
Literacy rate86.74%% of people aged 7+
Work participation47.17%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople21,94310,67211,271
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–62,2031,1181,085
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+17,1228,8668,256
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+86.74%92.8%81.05%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople9,1784,4974,681
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople407200207
Total workersCensus workers10,3505,9854,365
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population47.17%56.08%38.73%
Main workersworked at least 6 months8,2284,8663,362
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,1221,1191,003
Non-workerspeople11,5934,6876,906

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 27088; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 5,307 households and 21,943 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 10.04% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 92.8% and female literacy was 81.05%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 10,350 Census workers, 79.5% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators819
Agricultural labourers1,875364
Household industry workers5636
Other workers6,2161,713

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
O' Valley (TP)6110575521,943

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