Home / Places / Towns / Nilambur Census town · Census 2011 · code 627488
Nilambur 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 46,366 people
Households 10,223 PCA households
Literacy rate 94.88% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 29.26% % 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 46,366 22,262 24,104 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 5,535 2,782 2,753 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 38,742 18,873 19,869 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 94.88% 96.88% 93.06% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 3,470 1,657 1,813 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 945 443 502 Total workersCensus workers 13,566 10,706 2,860 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 29.26% 48.09% 11.87% Main workersworked at least 6 months 11,555 9,420 2,135 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 2,011 1,286 725 Non-workerspeople 32,800 11,556 21,244
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 10,223 households and 46,366 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.94% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 96.88% for males and 93.06% for females. Of 13,566 workers, 85.18% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 256 37 Agricultural labourers 408 152 Household industry workers 190 23 Other workers 10,701 1,799
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 Nilambur (CT) 592 05642 46,366
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.