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Town · Census 2011 · code 803765

Vadugapatti 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 2011Theni 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.
Population13,204people
Households3,391PCA households
Literacy rate83.73%% of people aged 7+
Work participation37.65%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople13,2046,7186,486
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–61,212635577
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+10,0415,5604,481
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+83.73%91.4%75.83%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople3,0861,5511,535
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers4,9713,7261,245
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.65%55.46%19.2%
Main workersworked at least 6 months4,8363,6601,176
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1356669
Non-workerspeople8,2332,9925,241

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 27666; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 3,391 households and 13,204 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 9.18% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 91.4% and female literacy was 75.83%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 4,971 Census workers, 97.28% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators2808
Agricultural labourers1,88633
Household industry workers23213
Other workers2,43881

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
Vadugapatti (TP)6240584313,204

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