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Census town · Census 2011 · code 627795

Punnayur 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.
Population19,387people
Households3,789PCA households
Literacy rate94.38%% of people aged 7+
Work participation26.62%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople19,3879,10810,279
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–62,5861,3601,226
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+15,8567,4648,392
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+94.38%96.33%92.7%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople1,054526528
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople291514
Total workersCensus workers5,1604,262898
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population26.62%46.79%8.74%
Main workersworked at least 6 months4,5333,955578
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months627307320
Non-workerspeople14,2274,8469,381

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 26018; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 3,789 households and 19,387 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 13.34% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 96.33% for males and 92.7% for females.
  • Of 5,160 workers, 87.85% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators5428
Agricultural labourers202102
Household industry workers6821
Other workers4,209476

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
Punnayur (CT)5940565319,387

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.