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Census town · Census 2011 · code 627553

Tirurangadi population.
Households, literacy and work.

A detailed town profile in Kerala, using the original Primary Census Abstract. Every figure on this page belongs to the source’s 2011 population and 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.
Population56,632people
Households9,829PCA households
Literacy rate93.95%% of people aged 7+
Work participation23.08%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople56,63226,97529,657
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–68,4154,2554,160
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+45,30222,00823,294
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+93.95%96.87%91.36%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople1,338651687
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople682543
Total workersCensus workers13,07311,8681,205
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population23.08%44%4.06%
Main workersworked at least 6 months11,26610,461805
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,8071,407400
Non-workerspeople43,55915,10728,452

Calculated percentages retain the denominator named in each row. Counts are reported people or households, and are not estimates for a later year.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 25925; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 9,829 households and 56,632 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 14.86% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 96.87% and female literacy was 91.36%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 13,073 Census workers, 86.18% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators16242
Agricultural labourers180124
Household industry workers14823
Other workers10,7761,618

Cultivators, agricultural labourers, household industry workers and other workers are separate Census activity categories. A worker count is not a count of employees on a company payroll.

Using the profile in research

These are historical counts, not current market estimates or present-day projections for this town. Read the research guidance before choosing a denominator or adding eligibility, adoption and spending assumptions.

Definitions, calculation methods and source access

Literacy uses people aged 7 and above; work participation uses all residents. Main workers worked at least six months. Households are the PCA household count, not houses. Rates with zero denominators are unavailable. Names and boundaries belong to Census 2011.

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Tirurangadi (CT)5920564556,632

The main profile combines the selected, non-overlapping components. A municipal-core row and its wider row including outgrowths are not added together.