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Census town · Census 2011 · code 628218

Thaikattussery 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.

Kerala · Census 2011Alappuzha district
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.
Population20,874people
Households5,152PCA households
Literacy rate94.82%% of people aged 7+
Work participation45.48%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople20,87410,24210,632
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–61,907931976
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+17,9859,0768,909
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+94.82%97.48%92.26%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople2,3991,1771,222
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople863848
Total workersCensus workers9,4936,0413,452
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population45.48%58.98%32.47%
Main workersworked at least 6 months7,8985,3492,549
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months1,595692903
Non-workerspeople11,3814,2017,180

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 26274; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • The source records 5,152 households and 20,874 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 9.14% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 97.48% and female literacy was 92.26%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 9,493 Census workers, 83.2% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators9433
Agricultural labourers304139
Household industry workers423166
Other workers7,0771,257

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.

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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
Thaikattussery (CT)5980567320,874

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