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Puthur 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 17,430 people
Households 4,295 PCA households
Literacy rate 93.94% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 43.29% % 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 17,430 8,605 8,825 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,612 833 779 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 14,859 7,491 7,368 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 93.94% 96.38% 91.57% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,892 941 951 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 108 52 56 Total workersCensus workers 7,545 5,188 2,357 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 43.29% 60.29% 26.71% Main workersworked at least 6 months 6,272 4,673 1,599 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,273 515 758 Non-workerspeople 9,885 3,417 6,468
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 4,295 households and 17,430 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.25% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 96.38% for males and 91.57% for females. Of 7,545 workers, 83.13% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 261 80 Agricultural labourers 612 142 Household industry workers 225 46 Other workers 5,174 1,005
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 Puthur (CT) 594 05654 17,430
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.