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Town · Census 2011 · code 804008

Vettaikaranpudur 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.
Population17,392people
Households5,152PCA households
Literacy rate67.17%% of people aged 7+
Work participation55.26%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople17,3928,5538,839
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–61,536814722
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+10,6515,8144,837
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+67.17%75.13%59.59%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople3,3321,6791,653
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,704862842
Total workersCensus workers9,6105,6723,938
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population55.26%66.32%44.55%
Main workersworked at least 6 months9,1465,5103,636
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months464162302
Non-workerspeople7,7822,8814,901

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 28218; 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 5,152 households and 17,392 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 8.83% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 75.13% and female literacy was 59.59%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 9,610 Census workers, 95.17% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators4059
Agricultural labourers5,701255
Household industry workers10814
Other workers2,932186

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.

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Vettaikaranpudur (TP)6320589917,392

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