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Ponnani 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 90,491 people
Households 15,816 PCA households
Literacy rate 90% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 25.21% % 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 90,491 42,627 47,864 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 11,917 6,057 5,860 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 70,714 34,140 36,574 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 90% 93.36% 87.07% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 5,202 2,485 2,717 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 196 103 93 Total workersCensus workers 22,813 20,270 2,543 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 25.21% 47.55% 5.31% Main workersworked at least 6 months 19,407 17,527 1,880 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 3,406 2,743 663 Non-workerspeople 67,678 22,357 45,321
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 15,816 households and 90,491 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 13.17% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.36% for males and 87.07% for females. Of 22,813 workers, 85.07% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 68 29 Agricultural labourers 331 87 Household industry workers 359 179 Other workers 18,649 3,111
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 Ponnani (M) 592 05646 90,491
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.