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Town · Census 2011 · code 803266

Quilandy 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.
Population71,873people
Households16,197PCA households
Literacy rate95.11%% of people aged 7+
Work participation29.82%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople71,87333,62038,253
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–67,0953,6373,458
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+61,61029,19832,412
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+95.11%97.38%93.15%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople4,5502,2222,328
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople803545
Total workersCensus workers21,43017,6253,805
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population29.82%52.42%9.95%
Main workersworked at least 6 months17,58815,0532,535
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,8422,5721,270
Non-workerspeople50,44315,99534,448

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 25846; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 16,197 households and 71,873 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 9.87% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 97.38% for males and 93.15% for females.
  • Of 21,430 workers, 82.07% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators8264
Agricultural labourers384216
Household industry workers21980
Other workers16,9033,482

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
Quilandy (M)5910563971,873

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.