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Census town · Census 2011 · code 627653

Pirayiri 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.
Population41,359people
Households8,944PCA households
Literacy rate91.23%% of people aged 7+
Work participation35.08%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople41,35920,26521,094
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–64,8542,4672,387
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+33,30516,86116,444
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+91.23%94.74%87.9%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople4,2162,1012,115
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople422121
Total workersCensus workers14,50911,2723,237
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population35.08%55.62%15.35%
Main workersworked at least 6 months12,76510,4192,346
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,744853891
Non-workerspeople26,8508,99317,857

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 25964; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 8,944 households and 41,359 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 11.74% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.74% for males and 87.9% for females.
  • Of 14,509 workers, 87.98% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators19527
Agricultural labourers1,172398
Household industry workers22866
Other workers11,1701,253

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
Pirayiri (CT)5930564941,359

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.