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Thiruvananthapuram 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 788,271 people
Households 196,202 PCA households
Literacy rate 94.79% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 36.18% % 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 788,271 384,004 404,267 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 69,640 35,354 34,286 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 681,214 335,329 345,885 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 94.79% 96.18% 93.49% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 70,688 34,636 36,052 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 3,813 1,821 1,992 Total workersCensus workers 285,235 204,587 80,648 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 36.18% 53.28% 19.95% Main workersworked at least 6 months 244,811 179,987 64,824 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 40,424 24,600 15,824 Non-workerspeople 503,036 179,417 323,619
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 196,202 households and 788,271 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8.83% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 96.18% for males and 93.49% for females. Of 285,235 workers, 85.83% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 884 478 Agricultural labourers 2,961 1,474 Household industry workers 4,048 1,155 Other workers 236,918 37,317
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 Thiruvananthapuram (M Corp. + OG) (Part) 601 05691 762,535 Thiruvananthapuram (M Corp. + OG) (Part) 601 05692 25,736
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.