Browse the place directories and read the reference tables below. Search and interactive comparisons need JavaScript.

Town · Census 2011 · code 803583

Ayyalur 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.
Population17,100people
Households3,824PCA households
Literacy rate61.64%% of people aged 7+
Work participation57.43%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

Scroll the table sideways to see every column.

Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople17,1008,5558,545
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–62,1451,0941,051
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+9,2185,3073,911
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+61.64%71.13%52.19%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople915446469
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople633
Total workersCensus workers9,8215,4244,397
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population57.43%63.4%51.46%
Main workersworked at least 6 months8,6134,8863,727
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,208538670
Non-workerspeople7,2793,1314,148

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 27138; 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 3,824 households and 17,100 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 12.54% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 71.13% and female literacy was 52.19%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 9,821 Census workers, 87.7% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

Scroll the table sideways to see every column.

Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,024100
Agricultural labourers4,777915
Household industry workers9415
Other workers2,718178

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.

Read the full definitions and research guidance

Download the field definitions

Source components of this town

Scroll the table sideways to see every column.

Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Ayyalur (TP)6120576217,100

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