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Town · Census 2011 · code 803607

Karur 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 2011Karur 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.
Population70,980people
Households19,344PCA households
Literacy rate89.46%% of people aged 7+
Work participation42.57%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople70,98034,93736,043
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–66,1473,1622,985
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+57,99830,05627,942
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+89.46%94.59%84.52%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople8,5964,2754,321
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople603129
Total workersCensus workers30,21621,4808,736
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population42.57%61.48%24.24%
Main workersworked at least 6 months27,43519,8377,598
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,7811,6431,138
Non-workerspeople40,76413,45727,307

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 27195; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 19,344 households and 70,980 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 8.66% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 94.59% and female literacy was 84.52%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 30,216 Census workers, 90.8% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators12524
Agricultural labourers18182
Household industry workers469140
Other workers26,6602,535

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
Karur (M)6130576970,980

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