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Town · Census 2011 · code 803289

Kalamassery 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.
Population71,038people
Households17,844PCA households
Literacy rate95.87%% of people aged 7+
Work participation37.24%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople71,03835,33135,707
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–67,4913,7663,725
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+60,92230,79630,126
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+95.87%97.56%94.2%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople5,6302,7622,868
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople384190194
Total workersCensus workers26,45419,3937,061
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population37.24%54.89%19.77%
Main workersworked at least 6 months23,85117,9315,920
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,6031,4621,141
Non-workerspeople44,58415,93828,646

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 26201; 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 17,844 households and 71,038 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 10.55% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 97.56% and female literacy was 94.2%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 26,454 Census workers, 90.16% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators6730
Agricultural labourers18584
Household industry workers35949
Other workers23,2402,440

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
Kalamassery (M)5950566171,038

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