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Kochi 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 includes the outgrowths (OG) explicitly included in the source name; it is not a municipal-core-only count. The town total is our sum of 3 separately published geographic parts, all sharing this Census town code. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population 633,553 people
Households 158,535 PCA households
Literacy rate 97.31% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 38.01% % 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 633,553 312,358 321,195 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 57,886 29,583 28,303 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 560,153 277,690 282,463 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 97.31% 98.2% 96.44% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 22,286 10,893 11,393 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 2,344 1,214 1,130 Total workersCensus workers 240,791 178,407 62,384 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 38.01% 57.12% 19.42% Main workersworked at least 6 months 220,083 167,234 52,849 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 20,708 11,173 9,535 Non-workerspeople 392,762 133,951 258,811
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 158,535 households and 633,553 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.14% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 98.2% for males and 96.44% for females. Of 240,791 workers, 91.4% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 310 202 Agricultural labourers 880 206 Household industry workers 3,872 481 Other workers 215,021 19,819
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 Kochi (M Corp. + OG) (Part) 595 05659 23,155 Kochi (M Corp. + OG) (Part) 595 05660 274,350 Kochi (M Corp.) (Part) 595 05661 336,048
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.