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Ala 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 10,493 people
Households 2,581 PCA households
Literacy rate 94.66% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 34.66% % 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 10,493 4,962 5,531 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,076 559 517 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 8,914 4,281 4,633 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 94.66% 97.23% 92.4% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,429 702 727 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 8 3 5 Total workersCensus workers 3,637 2,678 959 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 34.66% 53.97% 17.34% Main workersworked at least 6 months 2,905 2,358 547 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 732 320 412 Non-workerspeople 6,856 2,284 4,572
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 2,581 households and 10,493 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.25% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 97.23% for males and 92.4% for females. Of 3,637 workers, 79.87% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 22 7 Agricultural labourers 37 23 Household industry workers 51 16 Other workers 2,795 686
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 Ala (CT) 594 05655 10,493
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.