Karalam Population, Caste, Working Data Thrissur, Kerala - Census 2011

Karalam is a village situated in Mukundapuram taluka of Thrissur district in Kerala. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 4,251 families residing in the village Karalam. The total population of Karalam is 16,594 out of which 7,684 are males and 8,910 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Karalam is 1,160.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Karalam village is 1490 which is 9% of the total population. There are 755 male children and 735 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Karalam is 974 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (1,160) of Karalam village.

Population
16,594
Families
4,251
Literacy
95.96%
Sex Ratio
1,160

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Karalam is 96%. Thus Karalam village has higher literacy rate compared to 85.8% of Thrissur district. The male literacy rate is 97.47% and the female literacy rate is 94.68% in Karalam village.

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

Karalam Data as per Census 2011

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

Total Male Female
Children 1,490 755 735
Literacy 95.96% 97.47% 94.68%
Scheduled Caste 2,705 1,308 1,397
Scheduled Tribe 23 15 8
Illiterate 2,100 930 1,170

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.3% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.1% of total population in Karalam village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Karalam village out of total population, 5,769 were engaged in work activities. 85.1% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.9% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 5,769 workers engaged in Main Work, 344 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 433 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 4,909 3,712 1,197
Cultivators 344 284 60
Agriculture Labourer 433 344 89
Household Industries 121 95 26
Other Workers 4,011 2,989 1,022
Marginal Workers 860 412 448
Non Working 10,825 3,560 7,265

Nearby Villages to Karalam,

Below are the list of villages near Karalam village in Mukundapuram.

Village Population
Thottippal 7,768
Kallur 18,716
Varandarappilly 27,343
Mupliyam 8,020
Nandipulam 5,529
Chengallur 10,760
Nellayi 9,998
Anandapuram 6,741
Muriyad 7,662
Irinjalakuda 2,868

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