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Sholayur Population - Palakkad, Kerala

Sholayur is a large village located in Mannarkad Taluka of Palakkad district, Kerala with total 1885 families residing. The Sholayur village has population of 7012 of which 3507 are males while 3505 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sholayur village population of children with age 0-6 is 722 which makes up 10.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sholayur village is 999 which is lower than Kerala state average of 1084. Child Sex Ratio for the Sholayur as per census is 1040, higher than Kerala average of 964.

Sholayur village has lower literacy rate compared to Kerala. In 2011, literacy rate of Sholayur village was 71.43 % compared to 94.00 % of Kerala. In Sholayur Male literacy stands at 76.75 % while female literacy rate was 66.08 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Sholayur 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 Sholayur village.

Sholayur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,885 - -
Population 7,012 3,507 3,505
Child (0-6) 722 354 368
Schedule Caste 594 279 315
Schedule Tribe 3,658 1,811 1,847
Literacy 71.43 % 76.75 % 66.08 %
Total Workers 3,777 2,201 1,576
Main Worker 2,847 - -
Marginal Worker 930 403 527

Caste Factor

In Sholayur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 52.17 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 8.47 % of total population in Sholayur village.

Work Profile

In Sholayur village out of total population, 3777 were engaged in work activities. 75.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 3777 workers engaged in Main Work, 449 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1213 were Agricultural labourer.