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Palakkad 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 130,955 people
Households 31,176 PCA households
Literacy rate 93.9% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 34.89% % 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 130,955 63,833 67,122 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 12,177 6,218 5,959 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 111,537 55,619 55,918 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 93.9% 96.54% 91.42% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 10,068 4,889 5,179 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 213 131 82 Total workersCensus workers 45,696 34,988 10,708 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 34.89% 54.81% 15.95% Main workersworked at least 6 months 41,011 32,268 8,743 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 4,685 2,720 1,965 Non-workerspeople 85,259 28,845 56,414
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 31,176 households and 130,955 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.3% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 96.54% for males and 91.42% for females. Of 45,696 workers, 89.75% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 155 50 Agricultural labourers 560 294 Household industry workers 970 123 Other workers 39,326 4,218
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 Palakkad (M) 593 05649 130,955
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.