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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 803267

Kozhikode population.
Households, literacy and work.

Primary Census Abstract for this town in Kerala, using 2011 geography.

Kerala · Census 2011Kozhikode district
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total includes the outgrowths (OG) explicitly included in the source name; it is not a municipal-core-only count. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population550,440people
Households120,213PCA households
Literacy rate96.32%% of people aged 7+
Work participation31.64%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople550,440262,939287,501
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–656,79628,87327,923
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+475,480228,651246,829
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+96.32%97.69%95.09%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople22,80011,04511,755
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1,259597662
Total workersCensus workers174,152139,03035,122
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population31.64%52.88%12.22%
Main workersworked at least 6 months155,624127,47828,146
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months18,52811,5526,976
Non-workerspeople376,288123,909252,379

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 25869; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 120,213 households and 550,440 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.32% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 97.69% for males and 95.09% for females.
  • Of 174,152 workers, 89.36% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators505250
Agricultural labourers1,390496
Household industry workers1,716359
Other workers152,01317,423

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
Kozhikode (M Corp. + OG)59105640550,440

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 431,560 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople431,560206,157225,403
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–643,06721,91621,151
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+375,027180,019195,008
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+96.53%97.71%95.47%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople16,5117,9828,529
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople816388428
Total workersCensus workers138,891109,87829,013
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.18%53.3%12.87%
Main workersworked at least 6 months125,690101,47624,214
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months13,2018,4024,799
Non-workerspeople292,66996,279196,390

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 25870; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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