CENSUS OF INDIA 1991 a­ IPllft.! Dr. M. VIJAYANUNNI of the Indian Administrative Service . Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India Registrar General of India (In charge of the census of India and vital statistics) Office Address: 2A Manslngh Road New Delhi 110011, India Telephone: (91-11)3383761 Fax: (91-11 )3383145 Email. rglndla@hub nic.1n lnternet: http://www.censuslndla.net . Registrar General of India's publications '. can be purchased from the following: • The Sales Depot (Phone'338 6583) Office of the Registrar General of India 2-A Mansingh Road New Deihl 110011, India • Directorates of Census Operations in the capitals of all states and union territories In India • The Controller of Publication Old Secretariat CIvil Lines Delhi 110 054 .' Kltab Mahal State Empona CQmp!ex, Unit No.21 Saba Kharak Singh Marg New Delhi 110 001 • Sales outlets of the Controller of Publication all over India Census data available on floppy disks can be purchased from the following' • Office of the Registrar General, India Data Processing Division 2nd Floor, 'E' Wing Pushpa Bhawan Madanglr Road New Delhi 110062, India Telephone: (91-11 )698 1558 Fax' (91-11 )6980295 Email: rgdpd@rgi satyam neLIn © Registrar General of India The contents of thiS publication may be quoted cltmg the source clearly PREFACE "To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And etemity in an hour" Such as described in the above verse would be the graphic outcome of the effort to consolidate the district-level data relating to all the distncts of a state or the union territories into a single tome as is this volume. This publication IS part of the State and District Profile series of the 1991 census and is brought out in continuation of the State Profile 1991 India volume, to serve as a handy reference compendium of the district­ level data from the 1991 census. The data in this volume comprises 41 tables arranged in 12 sections and preceded by a map showing the constituent districts The 12 sections are General Data, Population Structure, Nuptiality, Fertility and Child Mortality, Literacy and Education, Work Participation, Migration, Religion, Language, Housing and Household Amenities, Urban Agglomerations, Cities and Towns and an overall Population Scenario of the Past and Present. ' The first section presents the basic administrative data like area, number of districts, tahsifs, development blocks, towns and villages, population, number of households, density, per cent decadal variation, sex ratio, per cent of urban population and inhabited villages classified population size. The second section on population structure gives the distribution of population by age and sex, the ratio of children to women and the dependency ratio of young people of age 0 to 14 years as well as old people of age 60 plus to those in the working age group 15 to 59 years. The third section on nuptiality presents certain selected indicators on female nuptiality, proportion of married females and the proportions of married, widowed and divorced or separated among the aged. The fourth section on fertility and child mortality presents data on the number of children per woman at the completion of the reproductive period, the crude birth rate, total fertility rate and child mortality rate. The fifth section on literacy and education gives selected indicators on literacy and education, literacy rates for selected age groups by sex, distribution of literates by educational level, distribution of females in the reproductive age group by educational level and the percentages of child workers attending school. ' The sixth section on work participation contains tables on the main workers and marginal workers in selected age groups and the percentage distribution of main workers by educational level, by industrial category, by industrial and occupational classifications and of non-workers by main activity. The seventh section on migration presents the district-level data available on migration viz. in-migrants by place of birth and place of last residence. The eighth section on religion gives the data on the six numerically biggest religions in each district. The ninth section on language contams data on the distribution of population by language as well as the speaker-strengths of the numerically largest languages and mother tongues arranged in descending order. This will give a graphic picture of the language profile of the district which is not easily available anywhere else. The tenth section on housing and household amenities presents the data on the distribution of households by type of house occupied and the availability of electricity, drinking water and tOilet facilities to households The eleventh section gives the details of urban agglomerations, cities and towns like their population, sex ratio, literacy rate and work participation rates. The twelfth selection tops off the tables giving the population scenario at the district level based on the censuses after independence starting with the 1951 census till 1991 Since the population projections for the future are not available at the distnct­ ievel, the future population scenariO, though available at the national and state levels, could not be given at the district level This section gives the district-level data for 1951, 1961,1971 and 1981 as recast as per the 1991 jurisdiction of the districts The tables present the data on population, per cent decadal variation in population, annual exponential growth rate, sex ratio and the urban population for the period 1951-91 which Will come in extremely handy for convenient reference at one place. The District Profile series of which this volume is a part is the fruitful outcome of over two years of intensive and sustained work to cull out and put together all the available district-level data feasible of presentation here It is hoped that this will serve as a handy reference source to a wide spectrum of data users like policy planners, administrators, scholars and researchers. December 1998 Dr. M. Vijayanunni New Delhi Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India iv CONTENTS Page Preface iii Concepts and definitions vii Map of Kerala xi LIST OF TABLES General Data - State and Districts 1 Area, Number of Tahslls, C D Blocks, Towns and Villages, 1991 2 2 Population and Number of households, 1991 4 3 Density, Per cent decadal variation, Sex ratio and Percentage of urban 6 population, 1991 4 Distncts ranked according to Area, Population and Density, 1991 7 5. Number of Inhabited villages classified by population Size, 1991 8 Population Structure 6. Distribution of Population by Age and Sex, 1991 12 7. Child-woman ratios, 1991 16 8 Dependency ratios, 1991 17 Nuptiality 9 Selected indicators on Female Nuptiallty, 1991 20 10. Proportion of Marrred females In selected age groups, 1991 22 11 Proportions of Marned, Widowed and Divorced/Separated among the 23 aged by sex, 1991 Fertility and Child Mortality 12 Number of children ever born and Number of children surviving 26 per ever marned woman In the age group 45-49 years, 1991 13 Crude Birth Rate and Total Fertility Rate, 1991 27 14 Child Mortality Indicators, 1991 28 literacy and Education 15 Selected indicators on Literacy and Education, 1991 30 16 Literacy rates for selected age groups by Sex, 1991 34 17 Dlstnbutlon of literates by Educational level, 1991 38 18 Distribution of females In the age group 15-44 years by Educational 42 level,1991 19 Number of children In the age group 10-14 years and the proportion 44 among them attending school, 1991 v ~'_;:"I k i:- ~rticipation ~)opulatlon and Proportion of Main workers and Marginal workers In 48 selected age groups, 1991 :21 Distribution (In per cent) of main workers by Educational Level, 1991 56 'n D,stnbution (In per cent) of main workers by Industrial category, 1991 60 23 Distribution (In per cent) of main workers by National Industrial 64 ClasSification, 1991 ~:4 Distribution (In per cent) of main workers by Occupational 66 Classification, 1991 25 Distribution (in per cent) of non workers by main activity, 1991 68 Migration /6 Ir-mlgrants by Place of Birth, 1991 72 27. In-migrants by Place of Last residence with duration of residence 0-9 74 years, 1991 Religion 28 SIX numerically biggest religions arranged In descending order of the 78 number of followers, 1991 Language 29 Distribution of population by Scheduled Languages, 1991 82 30. Numerically biggest L~n9uages arranged In descending order of the 84 number of speakers, 1991 31 Numerically biggest Mother Tongues arranged In descending order of 92 the number of speakers, 1991 Housjng and Household Amenities 32 Distribution of households,by Type of House occupied, 1991 102 33 Availability of Electricity, Safe drinking water and Toilet facilities to 104 Households, 1991 Urban Agglol11erations, Cities and Towns 34 Urban agglomerations, Cities and Towns and their population, 1991 109 35 Number of Urban agglomerations, Cities and Towns classified by 116 population size, 1991 36 Sex ratio, literacy rates and work participation rates In Urban 119 Agglomerations, Cities and Towns, 1991 37 Distribution (in per cent) of main workers in Urban Agglomerations, 126 Cities and Towns by industrial category, 1991 Population Scenario - Past and Present 38 Population, 1951-91 142 39 Per cent decadal variation In population and average annual 143 exponential growth rate, 1951-91 40, Sex ratio (number of females per 1,000 males), 1951-1991 144 41. Urban population and Its proportion to total population, 1951-1991 145 VI CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS General Data Village The basIc Unit for rutal areas is the revenue Village which has definite surveyed boundaries The revenue village may comprise several hamlets but the entire Village IS treated as one Unit for presentation of data In un?urveyed areas, like Villages within forest areas, each habitation area With locally recognized boundaries within each forest range officer's beat IS treated as one village.