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Thrissur 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 315,957 people
Households 78,336 PCA households
Literacy rate 97.06% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.8% % 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 315,957 152,296 163,661 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 26,389 13,534 12,855 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 281,061 136,148 144,913 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 97.06% 98.12% 96.09% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 24,210 11,609 12,601 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 605 301 304 Total workersCensus workers 113,105 81,514 31,591 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.8% 53.52% 19.3% Main workersworked at least 6 months 104,484 77,028 27,456 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 8,621 4,486 4,135 Non-workerspeople 202,852 70,782 132,070
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 78,336 households and 315,957 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.35% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 98.12% for males and 96.09% for females. Of 113,105 workers, 92.38% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 480 116 Agricultural labourers 1,121 434 Household industry workers 2,354 387 Other workers 100,529 7,684
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 Thrissur (M Corp.) 594 05654 315,957
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.