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Census town · Census 2011 · code 627802

Paluvai 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.
Population9,127people
Households2,126PCA households
Literacy rate95.94%% of people aged 7+
Work participation28.78%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople9,1274,1834,944
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–61,068588480
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+7,7323,5014,231
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+95.94%97.39%94.78%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople1396871
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople321616
Total workersCensus workers2,6271,938689
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population28.78%46.33%13.94%
Main workersworked at least 6 months2,3321,817515
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months295121174
Non-workerspeople6,5002,2454,255

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 26025; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 2,126 households and 9,127 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 11.7% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 97.39% for males and 94.78% for females.
  • Of 2,627 workers, 88.77% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators62
Agricultural labourers464
Household industry workers425
Other workers2,238284

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
Paluvai (CT)594056539,127

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.