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Varam 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.
Population 17,008 people
Households 3,269 PCA households
Literacy rate 94.45% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 28.83% % of all residents
Population, children, literacy and work by sex Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Indicator · Census 2011 Total Males Females Populationpeople 17,008 7,661 9,347 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,944 1,019 925 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 14,228 6,444 7,784 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 94.45% 97.02% 92.42% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,480 703 777 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 93 41 52 Total workersCensus workers 4,904 3,664 1,240 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 28.83% 47.83% 13.27% Main workersworked at least 6 months 4,193 3,254 939 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 711 410 301 Non-workerspeople 12,104 3,997 8,107
Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.
Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract Source access notes and archived workbooks
What stands out in this profile? Census 2011 recorded 3,269 households and 17,008 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.43% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 97.02% for males and 92.42% for females. Of 4,904 workers, 85.5% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 22 10 Agricultural labourers 81 34 Household industry workers 56 16 Other workers 4,034 651
The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.
Source components of this town Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Published component District code Subdistrict code People Varam (CT) 589 05633 17,008
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.