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Thalassery 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 92,558 people
Households 19,577 PCA households
Literacy rate 97.17% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 29.04% % 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 92,558 42,461 50,097 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 8,866 4,587 4,279 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 81,320 37,029 44,291 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 97.17% 97.77% 96.67% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,096 961 1,135 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 267 124 143 Total workersCensus workers 26,876 21,362 5,514 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 29.04% 50.31% 11.01% Main workersworked at least 6 months 24,390 19,854 4,536 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 2,486 1,508 978 Non-workerspeople 65,682 21,099 44,583
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 19,577 households and 92,558 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.58% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 97.77% for males and 96.67% for females. Of 26,876 workers, 90.75% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 56 33 Agricultural labourers 220 58 Household industry workers 314 55 Other workers 23,800 2,340
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 Thalassery (M) 589 05634 92,558
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.