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Census town · Census 2011 · code 628372

Chavara 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.
Population42,655people
Households10,596PCA households
Literacy rate95.17%% of people aged 7+
Work participation32.2%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople42,65520,39622,259
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–64,0892,0202,069
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+36,70417,85218,852
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+95.17%97.15%93.37%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople3,6721,8141,858
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople884741
Total workersCensus workers13,73410,5003,234
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.2%51.48%14.53%
Main workersworked at least 6 months11,3789,1032,275
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,3561,397959
Non-workerspeople28,9219,89619,025

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 26361; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 10,596 households and 42,655 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 9.59% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 97.15% for males and 93.37% for females.
  • Of 13,734 workers, 82.85% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators15337
Agricultural labourers25880
Household industry workers425151
Other workers10,5422,088

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
Chavara (CT)6000568442,655

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.