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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 803281

Kodungallur population.
Households, literacy and work.

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

Kerala · Census 2011Thrissur 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.
Population60,190people
Households14,835PCA households
Literacy rate95.09%% of people aged 7+
Work participation36.06%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople60,19028,45231,738
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–65,7602,9422,818
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+51,76024,79126,969
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+95.09%97.18%93.25%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople4,6982,2862,412
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople843945
Total workersCensus workers21,70515,9215,784
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.06%55.96%18.22%
Main workersworked at least 6 months17,83914,2743,565
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months3,8661,6472,219
Non-workerspeople38,48512,53125,954

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 26101; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 14,835 households and 60,190 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 9.57% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 97.18% for males and 93.25% for females.
  • Of 21,705 workers, 82.19% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators13777
Agricultural labourers27589
Household industry workers319243
Other workers17,1083,457

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
Kodungallur (M + OG)5940565560,190

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 33,935 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople33,93516,06917,866
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–63,0221,5271,495
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+29,44914,13015,319
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+95.26%97.17%93.57%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople3,0831,4881,595
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople401822
Total workersCensus workers12,9879,1803,807
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population38.27%57.13%21.31%
Main workersworked at least 6 months10,9028,2822,620
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,0858981,187
Non-workerspeople20,9486,88914,059

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 26102; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks