GLIMPSE OF CENSUS DATA FOR KERALA 1881 TO 2001
Item Unit 1881 1891 1901 1911 1921 1931 1941 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001
Population Lakhs 52 58 64 71 78 95 110 135 169 213 255 291 318
No of households Lakhs NA NA 12 13 15 17 20 24 29 35 44 55 67
Average size of household No. NA NA 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.8 6.0 5.8 5.3 4.7
Density of Population No. per  sq. km. 134 150 165 184 201 245 284 349 435 549 655 749 819
Decadal increase in population Percent - 11.57 9.84 11.75 9.16 21.85 16.04 22.82 24.76 26.29 19.24 14.32 9.42
Sex ratio Females per 1000 males 1006 1002 1004 1008 1011 1022 1027 1028 1022 1016 1032 1036 1058
Literacy Rate:
Persons
 Percent NA NA 11.14 13.31 19.02 21.34 NA 40.47 46.85 60.42 70.42 89.81* 90.92*
Males  Percent NA NA 19.15 22.25 27.38 30.89 NA 49.79 54.97 66.62 75.26 93.62 94.20
Females Percent NA NA 3.15 4.43 10.26 11.99 NA 31.41 38.90 54.31 65.73 86.17 87.86
Percentage of  urban population Percent NA NA 7.11 7.34 8.73 9.64 10.84 13.48 15.11 16.24 18.74 26.39 25.97

Notes:
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               *  Effective literacy rate (for 1991 only), ie., literacy rate arrived at after excluding the persons in the age group of  0-6 yrs.
              


 
 

            KERALA PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT-1991
 
 
INDUSTRIAL CATEGORIES OF MAIN WORKERS
         Total       Cultivators    Agricultural    Livestock    Mining  &
         Main                        labourers      Forestry     Quarrying
         workers                                    Fishing
                                                    Hunting &
                                                    Plantation
                                                    orchards &
                                                    allied
                                                    activities
INDCAT :                  1              2             3             4
Total  : 8301087       1015983        2120452       767252         82268
Male   : 6404458        910548        1436022       648811         68675
Female : 1896629        105435         684430       118441         13593

 
 
INDUSTRIAL CATEGORIES OF MAIN WORKERS (CONTD.)
        Manufacturing, processing, servicing and repairs
        ------------------------------------------------   Construction
         House hold industry     Non household industry
INDCAT :           5A                    5B                     6
Total  :         213854                962429                332340
Male   :         101368                682127                314523
Female :         112486                280302                 17817

 
 
INDUSTRIAL CATEGORIES OF MAIN WORKERS (CONTD.)
            Trade  &     Transport       Other       Marginal   Non
            Commerce     Storage &       Services    Workers    workers
                         Communication
INDCAT :       7             8              9
Total  :    1049493      497338          1259678     845031     19952400
Male   :     962407      468883           811094     394392      7490145
Female :      87086       28455           448584     450639     12462255

 
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