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Kannur 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 56,823 people
Households 11,418 PCA households
Literacy rate 96.21% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 26.97% % 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 56,823 26,298 30,525 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 6,376 3,252 3,124 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 48,536 22,457 26,079 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 96.21% 97.44% 95.18% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,674 1,282 1,392 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 159 66 93 Total workersCensus workers 15,324 12,424 2,900 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 26.97% 47.24% 9.5% Main workersworked at least 6 months 13,973 11,550 2,423 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,351 874 477 Non-workerspeople 41,499 13,874 27,625
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 11,418 households and 56,823 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.22% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 97.44% for males and 95.18% for females. Of 15,324 workers, 91.18% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 22 4 Agricultural labourers 33 23 Household industry workers 186 38 Other workers 13,732 1,286
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 Kannur (M) 589 05633 56,823
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.