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Kalamassery 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 71,038 people
Households 17,844 PCA households
Literacy rate 95.87% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 37.24% % 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 71,038 35,331 35,707 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 7,491 3,766 3,725 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 60,922 30,796 30,126 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 95.87% 97.56% 94.2% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 5,630 2,762 2,868 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 384 190 194 Total workersCensus workers 26,454 19,393 7,061 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 37.24% 54.89% 19.77% Main workersworked at least 6 months 23,851 17,931 5,920 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 2,603 1,462 1,141 Non-workerspeople 44,584 15,938 28,646
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 17,844 households and 71,038 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.55% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 97.56% for males and 94.2% for females. Of 26,454 workers, 90.16% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 67 30 Agricultural labourers 185 84 Household industry workers 359 49 Other workers 23,240 2,440
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 Kalamassery (M) 595 05661 71,038
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.