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Census town · Census 2011 · code 627232

Valapattanam population.
Households, literacy and work.

Primary Census Abstract for this town in Kerala, using 2011 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.
Population7,955people
Households1,329PCA households
Literacy rate95.43%% of people aged 7+
Work participation23.56%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople7,9553,6774,278
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–61,077549528
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+6,5643,0393,525
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+95.43%97.15%94%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople18480104
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople26917
Total workersCensus workers1,8741,659215
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population23.56%45.12%5.03%
Main workersworked at least 6 months1,5041,391113
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months370268102
Non-workerspeople6,0812,0184,063

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 25747; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 1,329 households and 7,955 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 13.54% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 97.15% for males and 94% for females.
  • Of 1,874 workers, 80.26% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators11
Agricultural labourers36
Household industry workers164
Other workers1,484359

The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Valapattanam (CT)589056337,955

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.