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Payyannur 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 72,111 people
Households 16,996 PCA households
Literacy rate 94.08% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.34% % 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 72,111 33,405 38,706 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 7,252 3,717 3,535 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 61,019 28,804 32,215 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 94.08% 97.02% 91.6% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 4,018 1,921 2,097 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 153 80 73 Total workersCensus workers 25,485 17,531 7,954 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.34% 52.48% 20.55% Main workersworked at least 6 months 22,273 16,293 5,980 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 3,212 1,238 1,974 Non-workerspeople 46,626 15,874 30,752
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 16,996 households and 72,111 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.06% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 97.02% for males and 91.6% for females. Of 25,485 workers, 87.4% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 630 201 Agricultural labourers 1,823 723 Household industry workers 415 77 Other workers 19,405 2,211
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 Payyannur (M) 589 05632 72,111
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.