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Municipal corporation · Census 2011 · code 803860

Tirunelveli 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 2011Tirunelveli 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.
Population473,637people
Households120,466PCA households
Literacy rate90.39%% of people aged 7+
Work participation38.53%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople473,637233,659239,978
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–646,62423,89422,730
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+385,976198,745187,231
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+90.39%94.75%86.18%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople62,39330,48031,913
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,509745764
Total workersCensus workers182,471127,71054,761
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population38.53%54.66%22.82%
Main workersworked at least 6 months168,952120,22648,726
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months13,5197,4846,035
Non-workerspeople291,166105,949185,217

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 27921; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 120,466 households and 473,637 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 9.84% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 94.75% and female literacy was 86.18%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 182,471 Census workers, 92.59% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators2,088166
Agricultural labourers5,515913
Household industry workers18,9141,828
Other workers142,43510,612

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
Tirunelveli (M Corp.)62805876473,637

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