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Chala 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 17,088 people
Households 3,486 PCA households
Literacy rate 96.72% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 27.21% % 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 17,088 7,698 9,390 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,904 952 952 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 14,686 6,600 8,086 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 96.72% 97.84% 95.83% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 254 122 132 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 27 13 14 Total workersCensus workers 4,650 3,605 1,045 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 27.21% 46.83% 11.13% Main workersworked at least 6 months 4,197 3,378 819 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 453 227 226 Non-workerspeople 12,438 4,093 8,345
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 3,486 households and 17,088 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.14% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 97.84% for males and 95.83% for females. Of 4,650 workers, 90.26% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 14 2 Agricultural labourers 94 28 Household industry workers 70 19 Other workers 4,019 404
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 Chala (CT) 589 05633 17,088
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.