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Palai 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 22,056 people
Households 5,280 PCA households
Literacy rate 97.63% % 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 22,056 10,768 11,288 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,677 869 808 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 19,897 9,698 10,199 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 97.63% 97.97% 97.32% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 626 311 315 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 79 42 37 Total workersCensus workers 8,213 5,813 2,400 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 37.24% 53.98% 21.26% Main workersworked at least 6 months 7,632 5,489 2,143 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 581 324 257 Non-workerspeople 13,843 4,955 8,888
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 5,280 households and 22,056 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 7.6% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 97.97% for males and 97.32% for females. Of 8,213 workers, 92.93% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 226 15 Agricultural labourers 225 46 Household industry workers 122 16 Other workers 7,059 504
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 Palai (M) 597 05668 22,056
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.