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Punalur 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 46,702 people
Households 12,606 PCA households
Literacy rate 94.31% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 32.17% % 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 46,702 22,039 24,663 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 4,314 2,118 2,196 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 39,976 19,150 20,826 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 94.31% 96.13% 92.7% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 4,054 1,945 2,109 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 356 165 191 Total workersCensus workers 15,025 11,544 3,481 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 32.17% 52.38% 14.11% Main workersworked at least 6 months 12,461 9,783 2,678 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 2,564 1,761 803 Non-workerspeople 31,677 10,495 21,182
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 12,606 households and 46,702 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.24% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 96.13% for males and 92.7% for females. Of 15,025 workers, 82.94% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 392 100 Agricultural labourers 875 223 Household industry workers 228 106 Other workers 10,966 2,135
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 Punalur (M) 600 05686 46,702
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.