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Kerala: Demography
Administrative profile | Climate | Infrastructure & Institutions| Health | Demography
| Districts |
Population |
| Kasaragod |
| Persons |
1203342 |
969597 |
233745 |
| Males |
587763 |
474899 |
112864 |
| Females |
615579 |
494698 |
120881 |
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| Kannur |
Persons |
2,412,365 |
1,195,202 |
1,217,163 |
| Males |
1,154,144 |
578,017 |
576,127 |
| Females |
1,258,221 |
617,185 |
641,036 |
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| Wayanad |
Persons |
786,627 |
757,025 |
29,602 |
| Males |
393,397 |
378,547 |
14,850 |
| Females |
393,230 |
378,478 |
14,752 |
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| Kozhikode |
Persons |
2,878,498 |
1,777,552 |
1,100,946 |
| Males |
1,398,674 |
863,226 |
535,448 |
| Females |
1,479,824 |
914,326 |
565,498 |
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| Malappuram |
Persons |
3,629,640 |
3,273,657 |
355,983 |
| Males |
1,759,479 |
1,586,791 |
172,688 |
| Females |
1,870,161 |
1,686,866 |
183,295 |
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| Palakkad |
Persons |
2,617,072 |
2,260,611 |
356,461 |
| Males |
1,265,794 |
1,092,486 |
173,308 |
| Females |
1,351,278 |
1,168,125 |
183,153 |
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| Thrissur |
Persons |
2,975,440 |
2,135,933 |
839,507 |
| Males |
1,422,047 |
1,018,381 |
403,666 |
| Females |
1,553,393 |
1,117,552 |
435,841 |
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| Ernakulam |
Persons |
3,098,378 |
1,621,890 |
1,476,488 |
| Males |
1,535,881 |
805,950 |
729,931 |
| Females |
1,562,497 |
815,940 |
746,557 |
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| Idukki |
Persons |
1,128,605 |
1,071,365 |
57,240 |
| Males |
566,405 |
537,987 |
28,418 |
| Females |
562,200 |
533,378 |
28,822 |
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| Kottayam |
Persons |
1,952,901 |
1,653,122 |
299,779 |
| Males |
964,433 |
817,364 |
147,069 |
| Females |
988,468 |
835,758 |
152,710 |
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| Alappuzha |
Persons |
2,105,349 |
1,487,236 |
618,113 |
| Males |
1,012,572 |
712,503 |
300,069 |
| Females |
1,092,777 |
774,733 |
318,044 |
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| Pathanamthitta |
Persons |
1,231,577 |
1,108,004 |
123,573 |
| Males |
588,035 |
528,469 |
59,566 |
| Females |
643,542 |
579,535 |
64,007 |
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| Kollam |
Persons |
2,584,118 |
2,118,268 |
465,850 |
| Males |
1,248,616 |
1,020,513 |
228,103 |
| Females |
1,335,502 |
1,097,755 |
237,747 |
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| Thiruvananthapuram |
Persons |
3,234,707 |
2,142,022 |
1,092,685 |
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Males |
1,571,424 |
1,035,652 |
535,772 |
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Females |
1,663,283 |
1,106,370 |
556,913 |
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Final Population Totals 2001 - District wise Profile |
| 1 |
Kasaragod
| 8 |
Ernakulam |
| 2 |
Kannur |
9 |
Idukki |
| 3 |
Wayanad |
10 |
Kottayam |
| 4 |
Kozhikode |
11 |
Alappuzha |
| 5 |
Malappuram |
12 |
Pathanamthitta |
| 6 |
Palakkad |
13 |
Kollam |
| 7 |
Thrissur |
14 |
Thiruvananthapuram |
|
|
Taluks |
2 |
Villages |
112 |
Area (in Sq. Km) |
1992 |
|
Statutory Towns |
2 |
CD Blocks |
4 |
Households |
225252 |
|
Census Towns |
5 |
Panchayats |
39 |
Density per Sq .Km |
604 |
|
UAs |
2 |
Outgrowths |
3 |
Household size |
5.3 |
Population
|
Persons |
1204078 |
Rural |
970378 |
|
Male |
588083 |
Urban |
233700 |
|
Female |
615995 |
% of Urban Population |
19.41 |
|
Sex ratio |
1047 |
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|
Population (0 - 6 years)
|
Persons |
159002 |
% of population (0-6 years) |
13.21 |
|
Male |
81145 |
Sex ratio |
959 |
|
Female |
77857 |
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Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Population
|
Scheduled Castes |
Scheduled Tribes |
|
Persons |
90218 |
Persons |
30338 |
|
Male |
44904 |
Male |
15132 |
|
Female |
45314 |
Female |
15206 |
|
% of SC |
7.49 |
% of ST |
2.52 |
Literates & Literacy rate
|
Literates |
Literacy rate (age 7+) |
|
Persons |
883860 |
Persons |
84.57 |
|
Male |
458085 |
Male |
90.36 |
|
Female |
425775 |
Female |
79.12 |
Economic Activity
|
Work participation rate |
No. of Workers |
|
|
Persons (417845) |
34.70% |
Main workers |
327762 |
|
Male (288824) |
49.11% |
Marginal workers |
90083 |
|
Female (129021) |
20.95% |
Non-workers |
786233 |
Category of Workers
|
Cultivators |
20869 |
Cultivators (in %) |
4.99 |
|
Agricultural labourers |
41999 |
Agricultural labourers (in %) |
10.05 |
|
In household industries |
50492 |
In household industries (in %) |
12.08 |
|
Other workers |
304485 |
Other workers (in %) |
72.87 |
(Source: Census of India 2001) UA-Urban Agglomeration
|
Taluks |
3 |
Villages |
78 |
Area (in Sq. Km) |
2966 |
|
Statutory Towns |
6 |
CD Blocks |
9 |
Households |
457368 |
|
Census Towns |
39 |
Panchayats |
81 |
Density per Sq.Km |
812 |
|
UAs |
1 |
Outgrowths |
Nil |
Household size |
5.27 |
Population
|
Persons |
2408956 |
Rural |
1196058 |
|
Male |
1152817 |
Urban |
1212898 |
|
Female |
1256139 |
% of Urban Population |
50.35 |
|
Sex ratio |
1090 |
|
|
Population (0 - 6 years)
|
Persons |
279803 |
|
% of population (0-6 years) |
11.62 |
|
Male |
142625 |
|
Sex ratio |
962 |
|
Female |
137178 |
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Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Population
|
Scheduled Castes |
|
Scheduled Tribes |
|
Persons |
98991 |
|
Persons |
19969 |
|
Male |
48275 |
|
Male |
9793 |
|
Female |
50716 |
|
Female |
10176 |
|
% of SC |
4.11 |
|
% of ST |
0.83 |
Literates & Literacy rate
|
Literates |
|
Literacy rate (age 7+) |
|
Persons |
1971403 |
|
Persons |
92.59 |
|
Male |
971065 |
|
Male |
96.13 |
|
Female |
1000338 |
|
Female |
89.40 |
Economic Activity
|
Work participation rate |
|
No. of Workers |
|
|
Persons (767197) |
31.85% |
|
Main workers |
626876 |
|
Male (575591) |
49.93% |
|
Marginal workers |
140321 |
|
Female (191606) |
15.25% |
|
Non-workers |
1641759 |
Category of Workers
|
Cultivators |
45924 |
|
Cultivators (in %) |
5.99 |
|
Agricultural labourers |
101681 |
|
Agricultural labourers (in %) |
13.25 |
|
In household industries |
19243 |
|
In household industries (in %) |
2.51 |
|
Other workers |
600349 |
|
Other workers (in %) |
78.25 |
(Source: Census of India 2001) UA-Urban Agglomeration
|
Taluks |
3 |
Villages |
48 |
Area (in Sq. Km) |
2131 |
|
Statutory Towns |
1 |
CD Blocks |
3 |
Households |
166763 |
|
Census Towns |
Nil |
Panchayats |
25 |
Density per Sq.Km |
366 |
|
UAs |
Nil |
Outgrowths |
Nil |
Household size |
4.68 |
Population
|
Persons |
780619 |
|
Rural |
751007 |
|
Male |
391273 |
|
Urban |
29612 |
|
Female |
389346 |
|
% of Urban Population |
3.79 |
|
Sex ratio |
995 |
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|
|
Population (0 - 6 years)
|
Persons |
104058 |
|
% of population (0-6 years) |
13.33 |
|
Male |
53116 |
|
Sex ratio |
959 |
|
Female |
50942 |
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|
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Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Population
|
Scheduled Castes |
|
Scheduled Tribes |
|
Persons |
33364 |
|
Persons |
136062 |
|
Male |
16738 |
|
Male |
67394 |
|
Female |
16626 |
|
Female |
68668 |
|
% of SC |
4.27 |
|
% of ST |
17.43 |
Literates & Literacy rate
|
Literates |
|
Literacy rate (age 7+) |
|
Persons |
576735 |
|
Persons |
85.25 |
|
Male |
303579 |
|
Male |
89.77 |
|
Female |
273156 |
|
Female |
80.72 |
Economic Activity
|
Work participation rate |
|
No. of Workers |
|
|
Persons (308613) |
39.53% |
|
Main workers |
219789 |
|
Male (218395) |
55.82% |
|
Marginal workers |
88824 |
|
Female (90218) |
23.17% |
|
Non-workers |
472006 |
Category of Workers
|
Cultivators |
51751 |
|
Cultivators (in %) |
16.77 |
|
Agricultural labourers |
94139 |
|
Agricultural labourers (in %) |
30.50 |
|
In household industries |
3600 |
|
In household industries (in %) |
1.17 |
|
Other workers |
159123 |
|
Other workers (in %) |
51.56 |
(Source: Census of India 2001) UA-Urban Agglomeration
|
Taluks |
3 |
Villages |
87 |
Area (in Sq. Km) |
2344 |
|
Statutory Towns |
3 |
CD Blocks |
12 |
Households |
567658 |
|
Census Towns |
10 |
Panchayats |
77 |
Density per Sq.Km |
1228 |
|
UAs |
2 |
Outgrowths |
6 |
Household size |
5.07 |
Population
|
Persons |
2879131 |
|
Rural |
1777974 |
|
Male |
1399358 |
|
Urban |
1101157 |
|
Female |
1479773 |
|
% of Urban Population |
38.25 |
|
Sex ratio |
1057 |
|
|
|
Population (0 - 6 years)
|
Persons |
347146 |
|
% of population (0-6 years) |
12.06 |
|
Male |
177208 |
|
Sex ratio |
959 |
|
Female |
169938 |
|
|
|
Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Population
|
Scheduled Castes |
|
Scheduled Tribes |
|
Persons |
200983 |
|
Persons |
5940 |
|
Male |
98386 |
|
Male |
2924 |
|
Female |
102597 |
|
Female |
3016 |
|
% of SC |
6.98 |
|
% of ST |
0.21 |
Literates & Literacy rate
|
Literates |
|
Literacy rate (age 7+) |
|
Persons |
2335442 |
|
Persons |
92.24 |
|
Male |
1174611 |
|
Male |
96.11 |
|
Female |
1160831 |
|
Female |
88.62 |
Economic Activity
|
Work participation rate |
|
No. of Workers |
|
|
Persons (802900) |
27.89% |
|
Main workers |
630836 |
|
Male (680944) |
48.66% |
|
Marginal workers |
172064 |
|
Female (121956) |
8.24% |
|
Non-workers |
2076231 |
Category of Workers
|
Cultivators |
27889 |
|
Cultivators (in %) |
3.47 |
|
Agricultural labourers |
66066 |
|
Agricultural labourers (in %) |
8.23 |
|
In household industries |
15734 |
|
In household industries (in %) |
1.96 |
|
Other workers |
693211 |
|
Other workers (in %) |
86.34 |
(Source: Census of India 2001) UA-Urban Agglomeration
|
Taluks |
6 |
Villages |
122 |
Area (in Sq. Km) |
3550 |
|
Statutory Towns |
5 |
CD Blocks |
14 |
Households |
612413 |
|
Census Towns |
Nil |
Panchayats |
99 |
Density per Sq.Km |
1021 |
|
UAs |
1 |
Outgrowths |
1 |
Household size |
5.92 |
Population
|
Persons |
3625471 |
|
Rural |
3269301 |
|
Male |
1754576 |
|
Urban |
356170 |
|
Female |
1870895 |
|
% of Urban Population |
9.82 |
|
Sex ratio |
1066 |
|
|
|
Population (0 - 6 years)
|
Persons |
551525 |
|
% of population (0-6 years) |
15.21 |
|
Male |
281449 |
|
Sex ratio |
960 |
|
Female |
270076 |
|
|
|
Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Population
|
Scheduled Castes |
|
Scheduled Tribes |
|
Persons |
285442 |
|
Persons |
12267 |
|
Male |
140535 |
|
Male |
5996 |
|
Female |
144907 |
|
Female |
6271 |
|
% of SC |
7.87 |
|
% of ST |
0.34 |
Literates & Literacy rate
|
Literates |
|
Literacy rate (age 7+) |
|
Persons |
2754509 |
|
Persons |
89.61 |
|
Male |
1373688 |
|
Male |
93.25 |
|
Female |
1380821 |
|
Female |
86.26 |
Economic Activity
|
Work participation rate |
|
No. of Workers |
|
|
Persons (874476) |
24.12% |
|
Main workers |
691848 |
|
Male (750343) |
42.76% |
|
Marginal workers |
182628 |
|
Female (124133) |
6.63% |
|
Non-workers |
2750995 |
Category of Workers
|
Cultivators |
57388 |
|
Cultivators (in %) |
6.56 |
|
Agricultural labourers |
155747 |
|
Agricultural labourers (in %) |
17.81 |
|
In household industries |
17612 |
|
In household industries (in %) |
2.01 |
|
Other workers |
643729 |
|
Other workers (in %) |
73.61 |
(Source: Census of India 2001) UA-Urban Agglomeration
|
Taluks |
5 |
Villages |
144 |
Area (in Sq. Km) |
4480 |
|
Statutory Towns |
4 |
CD Blocks |
13 |
Households |
530216 |
|
Census Towns |
1 |
Panchayats |
90 |
Density per Sq.Km |
584 |
|
UAs |
2 |
Outgrowths |
4 |
Household size |
4.94 |
Population
|
Persons |
2617482 |
|
Rural |
2260907 |
|
Male |
1266985 |
|
Urban |
356575 |
|
Female |
1350497 |
|
% of Urban Population |
13.62 |
|
Sex ratio |
1066 |
|
|
|
Population (0 - 6 years)
|
Persons |
318884 |
|
% of population (0-6 years) |
12.18 |
|
Male |
162406 |
|
Sex ratio |
963 |
|
Female |
156478 |
|
|
|
Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Population
|
Scheduled Castes |
|
Scheduled Tribes |
|
Persons |
432578 |
|
Persons |
39665 |
|
Male |
210624 |
|
Male |
19990 |
|
Female |
221954 |
|
Female |
19675 |
|
% of SC |
16.53 |
|
% of ST |
1.52 |
Literates & Literacy rate
|
Literates |
|
Literacy rate (age 7+) |
|
Persons |
1938818 |
|
Persons |
84.35 |
|
Male |
988859 |
|
Male |
89.52 |
|
Female |
949959 |
|
Female |
79.56 |
Economic Activity
|
Work participation rate |
|
No. of workers |
|
|
Persons (945052) |
36.11% |
|
Main workers |
768620 |
|
Male (658765) |
51.99% |
|
Marginal workers |
176432 |
|
Female (286287) |
21.20% |
|
Non-workers |
1672430 |
Category of Workers
|
Cultivators |
85638 |
|
Cultivators (in %) |
9.06 |
|
Agricultural labourers |
317192 |
|
Agricultural labourers (in %) |
33.56 |
|
In household industries |
32832 |
|
In household industries (in %) |
3.47 |
|
Other workers |
509390 |
|
Other workers (in %) |
53.90 |
(Source: Census of India 2001) UA-Urban Agglomeration
|
Taluks |
5 |
Villages |
204 |
Area (in Sq. Km) |
3032 |
|
Statutory Towns |
7 |
CD Blocks |
16+2(P) |
Households |
639871 |
|
Census Towns |
21 |
Panchayats |
91+2(P) |
Density per Sq.Km |
981 |
|
UAs |
3 |
Outgrowths |
2 |
Household size |
4.65 |
Population
|
Persons |
2974232 |
|
Rural |
2134799 |
|
Male |
1422052 |
|
Urban |
839433 |
|
Female |
1552180 |
|
% of Urban Population |
28.22 |
|
Sex ratio |
1092 |
|
|
|
Population (0 - 6 years)
|
Persons |
332459 |
|
% of population (0-6 years) |
11.18 |
|
Male |
169777 |
|
Sex ratio |
958 |
|
Female |
162682 |
|
|
|
Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Population
|
Scheduled Castes |
|
Scheduled Tribes |
|
Persons |
354226 |
|
Persons |
4826 |
|
Male |
171443 |
|
Male |
2293 |
|
Female |
182783 |
|
Female |
2533 |
|
% of SC |
11.91 |
|
% of ST |
0.16 |
Literates & Literacy rate
|
Literates |
|
Literacy rate (age 7+) |
|
Persons |
2437592 |
|
Persons |
92.27 |
|
Male |
1191026 |
|
Male |
95.11 |
|
Female |
1246566 |
|
Female |
89.71 |
Economic Activity
|
Work participation rate |
|
No. of workers |
|
|
Persons (955300) |
32.12% |
|
Main workers |
808965 |
|
Male (719253) |
50.58% |
|
Marginal workers |
146335 |
|
Female (236047) |
15.21% |
|
Non-workers |
2018932 |
Category of Workers
|
Cultivators |
50692 |
|
Cultivators (in %) |
5.31 |
|
Agricultural labourers |
108907 |
|
Agricultural labourers (in %) |
11.40 |
|
In household industries |
48850 |
|
In household industries (in %) |
5.11 |
|
Other workers |
746851 |
|
Other workers (in %) |
78.18 |
(Source: Census of India 2001) UA-Urban Agglomeration [(P)- Portion]
|
Taluks |
7 |
Villages |
90 |
Area (in Sq. Km) |
3068 |
|
Statutory Towns |
9 |
CD Blocks |
12+6(P) |
Households |
693161 |
|
Census Towns |
16 |
Panchayats |
84+7(P) |
Density per Sq.Km |
1012 |
|
UAs |
1 |
Outgrowths |
4 |
Household size |
4.48 |
Population
|
Persons |
3105798 |
|
Rural |
1628713 |
|
Male |
1538397 |
|
Urban |
1477085 |
|
Female |
1567401 |
|
% of Urban Population |
47.56 |
|
Sex ratio |
1019 |
|
|
|
Population (0 - 6 years)
|
Persons |
338924 |
|
% of population (0-6 years) |
10.91 |
|
Male |
173413 |
|
Sex ratio |
954 |
|
Female |
165511 |
|
|
|
Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Population
|
Scheduled Castes |
|
Scheduled Tribes |
|
Persons |
263518 |
|
Persons |
10046 |
|
Male |
129706 |
|
Male |
5079 |
|
Female |
133812 |
|
Female |
4967 |
|
% of SC |
8.48 |
|
% of ST |
0.32 |
Literates & Literacy rate
|
Literates |
|
Literacy rate (age 7+) |
|
Persons |
2578813 |
|
Persons |
93.20 |
|
Male |
1307846 |
|
Male |
95.81 |
|
Female |
1270967 |
|
Female |
90.66 |
Economic Activity
|
Work participation rate |
|
No. of workers |
|
|
Persons (1117091) |
35.97% |
|
Main workers |
915756 |
|
Male (847818) |
55.11% |
|
Marginal workers |
201335 |
|
Female (269273) |
17.18% |
|
Non-workers |
1988707 |
Category of Workers
|
Cultivators |
58700 |
|
Cultivators (in %) |
5.25 |
|
Agricultural labourers |
89026 |
|
Agricultural labourers (in %) |
7.97 |
|
In household industries |
32219 |
|
In household industries (in %) |
2.88 |
|
Other workers |
937146 |
|
Other workers (in %) |
| |
