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Kollam 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 2 separately published geographic parts, all sharing this Census town code. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population 367,107 people
Households 88,551 PCA households
Literacy rate 94.14% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 34.46% % 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 367,107 177,072 190,035 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 34,797 17,659 17,138 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 312,849 152,444 160,405 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 94.14% 95.63% 92.77% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 28,474 13,946 14,528 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 837 389 448 Total workersCensus workers 126,510 92,981 33,529 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 34.46% 52.51% 17.64% Main workersworked at least 6 months 108,764 82,167 26,597 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 17,746 10,814 6,932 Non-workerspeople 240,597 84,091 156,506
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 88,551 households and 367,107 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.48% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 95.63% for males and 92.77% for females. Of 126,510 workers, 85.97% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 294 201 Agricultural labourers 1,089 473 Household industry workers 1,892 772 Other workers 105,489 16,300
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 Kollam (M Corp. + OG) (Part) 600 05684 16,976 Kollam (M Corp. + OG) (Part) 600 05688 350,131
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.