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Census town · Census 2011 · code 628175

Vijayapuram 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.
Population29,248people
Households7,425PCA households
Literacy rate97.79%% of people aged 7+
Work participation37.34%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople29,24814,13715,111
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–62,1881,0691,119
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+26,46212,84913,613
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+97.79%98.32%97.29%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople2,5071,2511,256
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1095257
Total workersCensus workers10,9207,5193,401
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.34%53.19%22.51%
Main workersworked at least 6 months9,6286,9542,674
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,292565727
Non-workerspeople18,3286,61811,710

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 26248; 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 7,425 households and 29,248 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 7.48% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 98.32% and female literacy was 97.29%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 10,920 Census workers, 88.17% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators9619
Agricultural labourers28736
Household industry workers15739
Other workers9,0881,198

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
Vijayapuram (CT)5970567029,248

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