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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 803299

Alappuzha 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 includes the outgrowths (OG) explicitly included in the source name; it is not a municipal-core-only count. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population240,991people
Households57,415PCA households
Literacy rate95.81%% of people aged 7+
Work participation35.38%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople240,991116,439124,552
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–622,63111,68310,948
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+209,201101,927107,274
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+95.81%97.3%94.43%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople5,6102,7072,903
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople669312357
Total workersCensus workers85,26562,28322,982
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population35.38%53.49%18.45%
Main workersworked at least 6 months71,03855,13315,905
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months14,2277,1507,077
Non-workerspeople155,72654,156101,570

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 26289; 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 57,415 households and 240,991 residents. These household and person counts are separate measures.
  • Children aged 0–6 accounted for 9.39% of residents. This historical age group helps describe the age structure in 2011; it does not measure today’s children.
  • Male literacy was 97.3% and female literacy was 94.43%, each calculated among the corresponding population aged 7 and above.
  • Of 85,265 Census workers, 83.31% were main workers. Census work includes more than salaried employment.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators266115
Agricultural labourers1,986992
Household industry workers1,385423
Other workers67,40112,697

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
Alappuzha (M + OG)59805674240,991

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

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 174,176 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople174,17683,85390,323
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–616,0588,2397,819
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+152,10773,80578,302
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+96.2%97.61%94.91%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople3,4361,6611,775
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople467224243
Total workersCensus workers59,23244,77814,454
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.01%53.4%16%
Main workersworked at least 6 months49,96139,45910,502
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months9,2715,3193,952
Non-workerspeople114,94439,07575,869

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 26290; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks