Arackal Population, Caste, Working Data Kollam, Kerala - Census 2011

Arackal is a village situated in Pathanapuram taluka of Kollam district in Kerala. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 4,625 families residing in the village Arackal. The total population of Arackal is 17,240 out of which 8,026 are males and 9,214 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Arackal is 1,148.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Arackal village is 1652 which is 10% of the total population. There are 794 male children and 858 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Arackal is 1,081 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (1,148) of Arackal village.

Population
17,240
Families
4,625
Literacy
94.52%
Sex Ratio
1,148

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Arackal is 94.5%. Thus Arackal village has higher literacy rate compared to 85% of Kollam district. The male literacy rate is 96.27% and the female literacy rate is 93% in Arackal village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Arackal village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Arackal Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Arackal village.

Total Male Female
Children 1,652 794 858
Literacy 94.52% 96.27% 93%
Scheduled Caste 2,332 1,109 1,223
Scheduled Tribe 69 33 36
Illiterate 2,507 1,064 1,443

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.5% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.4% of total population in Arackal village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Arackal village out of total population, 6,291 were engaged in work activities. 71.5% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.5% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 6,291 workers engaged in Main Work, 515 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 704 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 4,499 3,236 1,263
Cultivators 515 498 17
Agriculture Labourer 704 641 63
Household Industries 68 49 19
Other Workers 3,212 2,048 1,164
Marginal Workers 1,792 1,088 704
Non Working 10,949 3,702 7,247

Nearby Villages to Arackal,

Below are the list of villages near Arackal village in Pathanapuram.

Village Population
Karavaloor 23,947
Edamulackal 22,004
Ayiranalloor 13,289
Anchal 33,088
Thinkalkarikkakom 18,790
Eroor 20,640
Kulathupuzha 15,931
Alayamon 12,219
Arienkavu 10,144
Channappetta 8,518

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