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Porathissery 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 16,768 people
Households 4,188 PCA households
Literacy rate 95.78% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 36.65% % 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 16,768 7,829 8,939 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,522 765 757 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 14,603 6,893 7,710 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 95.78% 97.58% 94.23% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,256 1,097 1,159 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 17 10 7 Total workersCensus workers 6,145 4,275 1,870 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 36.65% 54.6% 20.92% Main workersworked at least 6 months 5,433 3,963 1,470 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 712 312 400 Non-workerspeople 10,623 3,554 7,069
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 4,188 households and 16,768 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.08% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 97.58% for males and 94.23% for females. Of 6,145 workers, 88.41% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 220 50 Agricultural labourers 339 60 Household industry workers 77 60 Other workers 4,797 542
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 Porathissery (CT) 594 05656 16,768
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.