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Census town · Census 2011 · code 627801

Orumanayur 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.
Population14,064people
Households3,035PCA households
Literacy rate95.61%% of people aged 7+
Work participation23.99%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople14,0646,2437,821
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–61,866947919
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+11,6625,1616,501
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+95.61%97.45%94.19%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople1,217570647
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople301218
Total workersCensus workers3,3742,579795
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population23.99%41.31%10.16%
Main workersworked at least 6 months2,8842,286598
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months490293197
Non-workerspeople10,6903,6647,026

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 26024; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 3,035 households and 14,064 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 13.27% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 97.45% for males and 94.19% for females.
  • Of 3,374 workers, 85.48% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators157
Agricultural labourers9666
Household industry workers468
Other workers2,727409

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
Orumanayur (CT)5940565314,064

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.