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Vilayur Population - Palakkad, Kerala

Vilayur is a large village located in Ottappalam Taluka of Palakkad district, Kerala with total 4792 families residing. The Vilayur village has population of 23389 of which 10831 are males while 12558 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Vilayur village population of children with age 0-6 is 3130 which makes up 13.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Vilayur village is 1159 which is higher than Kerala state average of 1084. Child Sex Ratio for the Vilayur as per census is 957, lower than Kerala average of 964.

Vilayur village has lower literacy rate compared to Kerala. In 2011, literacy rate of Vilayur village was 93.25 % compared to 94.00 % of Kerala. In Vilayur Male literacy stands at 95.24 % while female literacy rate was 91.58 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Vilayur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Vilayur village.

Vilayur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 4,792 - -
Population 23,389 10,831 12,558
Child (0-6) 3,130 1,599 1,531
Schedule Caste 2,572 1,241 1,331
Schedule Tribe 56 23 33
Literacy 93.25 % 95.24 % 91.58 %
Total Workers 6,256 5,019 1,237
Main Worker 5,325 - -
Marginal Worker 931 613 318

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.00 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.24 % of total population in Vilayur village.

Work Profile

In Vilayur village out of total population, 6256 were engaged in work activities. 85.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 6256 workers engaged in Main Work, 397 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 835 were Agricultural labourer.