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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 803269

Malappuram population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Kerala · Census 2011Malappuram 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.
Population101,386people
Households19,785PCA households
Literacy rate96.27%% of people aged 7+
Work participation25.13%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople101,38648,95752,429
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–614,6297,4527,177
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+83,52440,47743,047
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+96.27%97.52%95.13%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople5,3232,6112,712
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople774433
Total workersCensus workers25,47921,9413,538
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population25.13%44.82%6.75%
Main workersworked at least 6 months22,44219,7322,710
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,0372,209828
Non-workerspeople75,90727,01648,891

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 25882; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 19,785 households and 101,386 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 14.43% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 97.52% for males and 95.13% for females.
  • Of 25,479 workers, 88.08% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators703116
Agricultural labourers1,783423
Household industry workers21646
Other workers19,7402,452

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
Malappuram (M + OG)59205641101,386

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Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 68,127 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople68,12732,97435,153
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–69,6434,9284,715
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+56,34627,38528,961
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+96.34%97.64%95.15%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople3,3191,6191,700
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople583325
Total workersCensus workers17,02914,4902,539
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population25%43.94%7.22%
Main workersworked at least 6 months14,88912,8322,057
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,1401,658482
Non-workerspeople51,09818,48432,614

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 25883; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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