3. • Population and Decadal Growth rate*
Sex Ratio*
• Density *
• Households and Household size
• Child (0-6 years) Population*
Child (0-6 years) Sex Ratio*
Proportion of Child (0-6 years) Population *
• Literacy
Number of Literates and Literacy Rate*
Gap in Literacy *
• Workers
Number of Workers and Work Participation Rate
Female Work Participation Rate
Main &Marginal Workers
Category of Economic Activity (Cultivators, Agricultural Labourers,
Household Industry Workers, Other Workers)
By Sex & Residence
* - Provisional data released earlier
8. Highlights
Most populated district : Malappuram :41,12,920
Least populated district : Wayanad :8,17,420).
Malappuram district has reported the highest growth
rate of 13.4%
The lowest as well as negative growth rate is reported
in Pathanamthitta district (-3.0%).
Idukki district also has a negative growth of
population (-1.8%).
Population of India grew by 17.7% during 2001-11,
against 21.5% in the previous decade
12. The State is experiencing declining growth
of Population since 1971 and in 2001-2011
the decadal growth rate is 4.9%.
·
0
10
20
30
1961 1971 1981 19 91 2001 2011
Decadal Rate of Growth of Population of Kerala 1961-
2011
22. •Highlights
• Sex Ratio of the State of Kerala
is 1084 (1058 in 2001).
• Highest Sex Ratio-Kannur
(1136)
• Lowest Sex Ratio -Idukki (1006)
Sex Ratio -India 943 (933 in 2001)
Sex Ratio
23.
:
S
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State/Districts Sex Ratio diff(2011-
2001)
2001 2011
Kerala 1,058 1,084 26
Kasaragod 1,047 1,080 32
Kannur 1,090 1,136 46
Wayanad 995 1,035 40
Kozhikode 1,057 1,098 41
Malappuram 1,066 1,098 32
Palakkad 1,066 1,067 1
Thrissur 1,092 1,108 16
Ernakulam 1,019 1,027 8
Idukki 993 1,006 13
Kottayam 1,025 1,039 15
Alappuzha 1,079 1,100 21
Pathanamthitta 1,094 1,132 38
Kollam 1,069 1,113 45
Thiruvanantha
puram
1,060 1,087 27
:
26. SEX RATIO - INDIA & KERALA 1961-2011
Year 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011
India 941 930 934 927 933 943
Kerala 1022 1016 1032 1036 1058 1084
941 930 934 927 933 943
1022 1016 1032 1036 1058 1084
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011
India
Kerala
27. Comparison with India, Kerala and Neighbouring states
Name Persons Males Females Share of
Female
to Total
Populati
on
Sex
Ratio
India 1210569573 623121843 587447730 48.5 943
KARNATAKA 61095297 30966657 30128640
49.3
973
GOA 1458545 739140 719405 49.3 973
LAKSHADWEEP 64473 33123 31350
48.6
946
KERALA 33406061 16027412 17378649
52.0
1084
TAMIL NADU 72147030 36137975 36009055
49.9
996
28. Name Sex Ratio Position
KERALA 1084 1
PUDUCHERRY 1037 2
TAMIL NADU 996 3
ANDHRA PRADESH 993 4
MANIPUR 992 5
CHHATTISGARH 991 6
MEGHALAYA 989 7
ODISHA 979 8
MIZORAM 976 9
GOA 973 10
KARNATAKA 973 11
HIMACHAL PRADESH 972 12
UTTARAKHAND 963 13
TRIPURA 960 14
ASSAM 958 15
WEST BENGAL 950 16
JHARKHAND 948 17
LAKSHADWEEP 946 18
India 943 19
29. :
:
Taluk 2011 sex ratio
Chirayinkeezhu 1195
Chavakkad 1181
Kannur 1180
Mavelikkara 1170
Chengannur 1161
Karthikappally 1149
Ponnani 1147
Kozhenchery 1146
Thiruvalla 1145
Adoor 1145 Taluk 2011 sex ratio
Kochi 1025
Mananthavady 1024
Muvattupuzha 1017
Kothamangalam 1015
Meenachil 1015
Kunnathunad 1012
Thodupuzha 1012
Peerumade 1010
Udumbanchola 1005
Devikulam 995
Taluks-TOP 10
sex ratio
Taluks – BOTTOM 10
:
32. The density of population is 860 persons per
sq.km (819 in 2001).
Dense district - Thiruvananthapuram with 1508
persons per sq.km.
Least dense district - Idukki with 255 persons
per sq.km.
DENSITY OF INDIA -382 (325 in 2001)
33. Name
AREA
(sq.Km) Population Density
India 32,87,469 1,21,05,69,573 382
KARNATAKA 1,91,791 6,10,95,297 319
GOA 3,702 14,58,545 394
LAKSHADWEEP 30 64,473 2149
KERALA 38,852 3,34,06,061 860
TAMIL NADU 1,30,060 7,21,47,030 555
34. India/states Density Position
NCT OF DELHI 11320 1
CHANDIGARH 9258 2
PUDUCHERRY 2547 3
DAMAN & DIU 2191 4
LAKSHADWEEP 2149 5
BIHAR 1106 6
WEST BENGAL 1028 7
KERALA 860 8
UTTAR PRADESH 829 9
DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI 700 10
HARYANA 573 11
TAMIL NADU 555 12
PUNJAB 551 13
JHARKHAND 414 14
ASSAM 398 15
GOA 394 16
India 382 17
40. The child population of Kerala according to Census
2011 is 34,72,955.
Malappuram district is reported to have the highest
child population 5,74,041
Wayanad district with a child population of 92,324 is
having the lowest number.
The growth rate of child population at the State level is
-8.44%.
The district having the highest growth rate in child
population is Malappuram (4.08%)
Pathanamthitta district with (-)23.76% is having the
lowest growth rate in respect of child population.
All districts except Malappuram, child population is
declining.
43. Sex Ratio Child (0-6 years) Population
•Child sex ratio of Kerala
is 964 (960 in 2001).
•Pathanamthitta district witnessed the
highest Child Sex Ratio ( 976)
•Lowest child sex ratio - in Thrissur
district (950 )
•Child sex ratio of India is 919
(927in 2001).
46. 976 964 962 945 927 919
976 981 970 958 960 964
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011
India
Kerala
CHILD SEX RATIO - INDIA & KERALA 1961-2011
Year 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011
India 976 964 962 945 927 919
Kerala 976 981 970 958 960 964
47. Comparison with India, Kerala and Neighbouring states
Name
Child (0-6
years)
Population-
Total
Child (0-6 years)
Population
Male child
Child (0-6 years)
Population
Female child
Sex Ratio -
Child (0-6
years)
Population
India 164478150 85732470 78745680 919
KARNATAKA 7161033 3675291 3485742 948
GOA 144611 74460 70151 942
LAKSHADWEEP 7255 3797 3458 911
KERALA 3472955 1768244 1704711 964
TAMIL NADU 7423832 3820276 3603556 943
48. Name
Child Sex
Ratio Position
ARUNACHAL 972 1
MIZORAM 970 2
MEGHALAYA 970 3
CHHATTISGARH 969 4
ANDAMAN &NICOBAR 968 5
PUDUCHERRY 967 6
KERALA 964 7
India 919 22
Child(0-6)
sex Ratio
Position
Kerala –7
India -22
Position
49. States Ranked by Child Sex Ratio (0-6) 2011 (Major States –
Population 10 million and above)
Top 5 States
States
Sex
Ratio
(0-6 yrs)
Position
Chhattisgarh 969 1
Kerala 964 2
Assam 962 3
West Bengal 956 4
Jharkhand and
Karnataka
948 5
Bottom- 5 States
States
Sex Ratio
(0-6 yrs)
Position
Haryana 834 1
Punjab 846 2
Jammu &
Kashmir
862 3
Rajasthan 888 4
Gujarat 890 5
54. Literate is a person aged
7 years and above who
can both read and write
with understanding in
any language (Effective
Literate).
=94%
55. Highlights
The effective literacy rate of the State of Kerala in
Census 2011 is 94.0%.
Kottayam district has recorded the highest literacy rate
(97.21%) and
Wayanad district with 89.03% highest literacy rate is the
lowest literacy rate.
Wayanad &Palakkad district s have literacy rate less
than 90%.
•Among the 63 Taluks, Chittur Taluk
registered lowest literacy
rate(83.19%). Female literacy rate also
reported the lowest in this taluk.
(77.44%).
60. Comparison with India, Kerala and Neighbouring states
Name Literacy Rate
Literacy Rate-
Males
Literacy Rate-
Females
India 72.99 80.89 64.64
KARNATAKA 75.36 82.47 68.08
GOA 88.70 92.65 84.66
LAKSHADWEEP 91.85 95.56 87.95
KERALA 94.00 96.11 92.07
TAMIL NADU 80.09 86.77 73.44
64. The Female Literacy Rate of Kerala is 92.07%.
•Kottayam district tops with 96.48% female
literates( rate).
•Wayanad district with 85.7% female
literates (rate) is at the lowest.
Gap in Literacy
• Gap in Literacy as per 2011 Census is
4.04.
•Gap in literacy is high in Kasaragod
District (7.56)
65. L
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State/
District
Literacy Rate 2011
Gap in Literacy
Males Females
Kerala 96.1 92.1 4.0
Kasaragod 94.0 86.5 7.6
Kannur 97.2 93.3 3.9
Wayanad 92.5 85.7 6.8
Kozhikode 97.4 93.0 4.4
Malappuram 95.8 91.6 4.1
Palakkad 93.1 85.8 7.3
Thrissur 96.8 93.6 3.2
Ernakulam 97.4 94.5 2.9
Idukki 94.6 89.5 5.1
Kottayam 98.0 96.5 1.5
Alappuzha 97.4 94.2 3.1
Pathanamthitta 97.4 95.8 1.5
Kollam 96.1 92.3 3.8
Thiruvananthapuram 95.1 91.2 3.9
67. Name Gap Highest
RAJASTHAN 27.07 1
JHARKHAND 21.42 2
DADRA & NAGAR
HAVELI 20.86 3
JAMMU &
KASHMIR 20.32 4
UTTAR PRADESH 20.10 5
India 16.25 12
Name Gap Lowest
LAKSHADWEEP 7.61 5
NAGALAND 6.64 4
MIZORAM 4.08 3
KERALA 4.04 2
MEGHALAYA 3.07 1
Position
Gap in Literacy
68. Source: Census of India 2011
Work is defined as
participation in any
economically productive
activity with or without
compensation, wages or
profit. It even includes
part-time help or unpaid
work on farm, family
enterprise or in any
other economic activity.
Work participation
69. The percentage of workers to total population
(WPR) in Kerala according to Census 2011 is
34.78% (32.3% in 2001)
The highest Work Participation Rate is in Idukki
(46.56%) and
The lowest is in Malappuram (25.83%).
WPR of India is 39.8% (39.1% in 2001).
70. State/
District
Total Workers WPR
Absolute Number Abs. Diff (2011-
2001)2001 2011 2001 2011
KERALA 1,02,83,887 1,16,19,063 13,35,176 32.3 34.8
Kasaragod 4,17,845 4,62,998 45,153 34.7 35.4
Kannur 7,67,197 8,24,116 56,919 31.9 32.7
Wayanad 3,08,613 3,40,077 31,464 39.5 41.6
Kozhikode 8,02,900 9,48,981 1,46,081 27.9 30.8
Malappuram 8,74,476 10,62,424 1,87,948 24.1 25.8
Palakkad 9,45,052 10,42,340 97,288 36.1 37.1
Thrissur 9,55,300 10,95,727 1,40,427 32.1 35.1
Ernakulam 11,17,091 12,49,343 1,32,252 36.0 38.1
Idukki 4,87,352 5,16,363 29,011 43.2 46.6
Kottayam 6,42,157 7,35,735 93,578 32.9 37.3
Alappuzha 7,23,354 8,04,471 81,117 34.3 37.8
Pathanamthitta 3,66,049 3,92,794 26,745 29.7 32.8
Kollam 8,28,566 9,12,025 83,459 32.1 34.6
Thiruvananthapur
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10,47,935 12,31,669 1,83,734 32.4 37.3
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72. Maps showing Male Work Participation -
1991,2001&2011 Censuses
Maps showing Female Work Participation -
1991,2001&2011 Censuses
73. State WPR
Position
Top
HIMACHAL
PRADESH 51.85 1
SIKKIM 50.47 2
DAMAN & DIU 49.86 3
NAGALAND 49.24 4
CHHATTISGARH 47.68 5
Work participation –Highest , Lowest States
State WPR
Position
Bottom
LAKSHADWEEP 29.09 1
UTTAR PRADESH 32.94 2
NCT OF DELHI 33.28 3
BIHAR 33.36 4
JAMMU &
KASHMIR 34.47 5
KERALA 34.78 6
74. • Among females,
the Work Participation
Rate (FWPR) is 18.23%
(15.38% in 2001).
• Idukki (33.2%)
and Malappuram
(7.63%) stands first
and last position in
case of FWPR.
FWPR of India is
25.5% (25.6 % in 2001)
FEMALE WORK PARTICIPATION RATE (FWPR)
79. • Main Worker: Persons who ‘worked’ for 6 months or more
during the reference year.
• Marginal Worker: Persons who ‘worked’ for less than 6
months.
• For the first time in Census 2011, the marginal workers have
been sub-divided in two categories, namely, those worked for
less than 3 months and those who worked for 3 to 6 months
• Non-Worker: Persons who did not ‘work’ at all during the
reference period. Includes students, persons engaged in
household duties, dependents, pensioners, beggars, etc.
(Main workers + Marginal workers)-2011
86. Categorisation of work
1. Cultivators : A person who
cultivates(growing of crops) in his /her own land or leased land.
2. Agri. Labourers: Worker who works
in others land for wage(in cash or kind or share).
3. HHI Workers: Those who engaged in
economic activity run by one or ore members of the household at
home…….
4. Other Workers: Those who engaged in
economic activities other than the above 3 categories of work like
Govt employees,teachers,factory workers,plantation workers etc..
4 Catagories
87. Categorisation of work
Category of
Workers
2001 2011 Change
Cultivators 7.0 5.8 -1.2
Agri. Labourers 15.8 11.4 -4.4
HHI Workers 3.8 2.4 -1.2
Other Workers 73.6 80.5 6.9
Kerala
(in %)
• Agriculture sector: 17.2 % of Total Workers, decline by
5.6 percent points
88. Categorisation of work
Category of
Workers
2001 2011 Change
Cultivators 31.7 24.6 - 7.1
Agri. Labourers 26.5 30.0 +3.5
HHI Workers 4.2 3.8 -0.4
Other Workers 37.6 41.6 +4.0
India
(in %)
*Agriculture sector: 54.6 % of Total Workers, decline by
3.6 percent points
91. Maps showing % Cultivators to Total Workers -1991,2001&2011 Censuses
92. Maps showing % Agri. Labourers Total Workers -1991,2001&2011 Censuses
93. Maps showing % HHI to Total Workers -1991,2001&2011 Censuses
94. Maps showing % OW to Total Workers -1991,2001&2011 Censuses
95. Share of Male –Female: Different
catagories of work 2001-2011
% CL to Tot
Workers
% AL to Tot
Workers
% HHI to Tot
Workers
% OW to Tot
Workers
2001 2011 2001 2011 2001 2011 2001 2011
Persons 7.04 5.77 15.76 11.39 3.59 2.35 73.6 80.5
Males 7.75 6.47 13.89 10.15 2.47 1.95 75.89 81.43
Female
s 4.85 3.89 21.54 14.68 7.07 3.42 66.54 78.01
Kerala
96. Share of Male –Female: Different
catagories of work 2001-2011
India
% CL to Tot
Workers
% AL to Tot
Workers
% HHI to Tot
Workers
% OW to Tot
Workers
2001 2011 2001 2011 2001 2011 2001 2011
Persons 31.7 24.6 26.5 30.0 4.2 3.8 37.6 41.6
Males 31.1 24.9 20.8 24.9 3.2 2.9 44.9 47.2
Female
s 32.9 24.0 38.9 41.1 6.5 5.7 21.7 29.2
111. 2001 2011 Increase
No. of Districts
14 14 -
No. of Sub-Districts
63 63 -
No. of Towns
159 520 361
No. of Statutory Towns
60 59 -1
No. of Census Towns
99 461 362
No. of Villages
1,364 1,018 -346
*As on 0.00 hrs of 1st March 2011