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Vadakara 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 75,295 people
Households 15,787 PCA households
Literacy rate 94.88% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 28.61% % 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 75,295 35,531 39,764 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 7,823 4,007 3,816 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 64,016 30,615 33,401 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 94.88% 97.12% 92.91% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,190 579 611 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 196 94 102 Total workersCensus workers 21,544 18,062 3,482 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 28.61% 50.83% 8.76% Main workersworked at least 6 months 19,291 16,540 2,751 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 2,253 1,522 731 Non-workerspeople 53,751 17,469 36,282
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 15,787 households and 75,295 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.39% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 97.12% for males and 92.91% for females. Of 21,544 workers, 89.54% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 95 71 Agricultural labourers 320 53 Household industry workers 334 42 Other workers 18,542 2,087
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 Vadakara (M) 591 05638 75,295
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.