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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 803256

Kanhangad population.
Households, literacy and work.

Primary Census Abstract for this town in Kerala, using 2011 geography.

Kerala · Census 2011Kasaragod district
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total includes the outgrowths (OG) explicitly included in the source name; it is not a municipal-core-only count. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population125,564people
Households27,579PCA households
Literacy rate92.6%% of people aged 7+
Work participation33.78%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople125,56458,56467,000
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–614,4887,4257,063
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+102,85949,17853,681
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+92.6%96.17%89.56%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople3,9581,8902,068
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople896443453
Total workersCensus workers42,41029,53912,871
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.78%50.44%19.21%
Main workersworked at least 6 months35,88525,73710,148
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months6,5253,8022,723
Non-workerspeople83,15429,02554,129

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 25713; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 27,579 households and 125,564 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 11.54% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 96.17% for males and 89.56% for females.
  • Of 42,410 workers, 84.61% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators734159
Agricultural labourers2,284942
Household industry workers1,532298
Other workers31,3355,126

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
Kanhangad (M + OG)58805631125,564

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 73,342 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople73,34234,51838,824
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–68,5954,4504,145
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+60,31428,95931,355
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+93.15%96.31%90.41%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople1,707816891
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople754374380
Total workersCensus workers25,23817,7517,487
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.41%51.43%19.28%
Main workersworked at least 6 months21,94215,7716,171
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,2961,9801,316
Non-workerspeople48,10416,76731,337

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 25714; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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