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Ottappalam 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 53,792 people
Households 12,484 PCA households
Literacy rate 94.62% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 32.9% % 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 53,792 25,359 28,433 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 5,721 2,865 2,856 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 45,486 21,725 23,761 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 94.62% 96.58% 92.9% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 4,765 2,272 2,493 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 89 45 44 Total workersCensus workers 17,700 13,125 4,575 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 32.9% 51.76% 16.09% Main workersworked at least 6 months 14,552 11,235 3,317 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 3,148 1,890 1,258 Non-workerspeople 36,092 12,234 23,858
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 12,484 households and 53,792 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.64% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 96.58% for males and 92.9% for females. Of 17,700 workers, 82.21% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 245 72 Agricultural labourers 988 566 Household industry workers 274 74 Other workers 13,045 2,436
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 Ottappalam (M) 593 05647 53,792
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.