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Census town · Census 2011 · code 628288

Chennithala 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.
Population12,360people
Households3,345PCA households
Literacy rate96.96%% of people aged 7+
Work participation32.17%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople12,3605,7196,641
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–61,006546460
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+11,0095,0795,930
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+96.96%98.18%95.94%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople982459523
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1147
Total workersCensus workers3,9762,7441,232
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.17%47.98%18.55%
Main workersworked at least 6 months2,8952,202693
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,081542539
Non-workerspeople8,3842,9755,409

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 26319; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 3,345 households and 12,360 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 8.14% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 98.18% for males and 95.94% for females.
  • Of 3,976 workers, 72.81% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators7321
Agricultural labourers7744
Household industry workers7315
Other workers2,6721,001

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
Chennithala (CT)5980567812,360

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.