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Palayad 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 18,141 people
Households 4,138 PCA households
Literacy rate 93.33% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 28.06% % 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 18,141 8,605 9,536 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,796 910 886 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 15,255 7,453 7,802 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 93.33% 96.86% 90.2% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,111 543 568 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 64 19 45 Total workersCensus workers 5,090 4,211 879 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 28.06% 48.94% 9.22% Main workersworked at least 6 months 4,332 3,739 593 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 758 472 286 Non-workerspeople 13,051 4,394 8,657
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 4,138 households and 18,141 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.9% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 96.86% for males and 90.2% for females. Of 5,090 workers, 85.11% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 79 14 Agricultural labourers 257 57 Household industry workers 43 17 Other workers 3,953 670
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 Palayad (CT) 591 05638 18,141
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.