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Vaikom 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 23,234 people
Households 6,068 PCA households
Literacy rate 96.84% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 39.42% % 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 23,234 11,304 11,930 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,807 922 885 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 20,750 10,205 10,545 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 96.84% 98.3% 95.47% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,820 867 953 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 109 53 56 Total workersCensus workers 9,158 6,212 2,946 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 39.42% 54.95% 24.69% Main workersworked at least 6 months 7,500 5,417 2,083 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,658 795 863 Non-workerspeople 14,076 5,092 8,984
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 6,068 households and 23,234 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 7.78% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 98.3% for males and 95.47% for females. Of 9,158 workers, 81.9% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 159 28 Agricultural labourers 83 94 Household industry workers 229 134 Other workers 7,029 1,402
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 Vaikom (M) 597 05669 23,234
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.