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Chenkal Population - Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

Chenkal is a large village located in Neyyattinkara Taluka of Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala with total 9549 families residing. The Chenkal village has population of 36891 of which 18047 are males while 18844 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chenkal village population of children with age 0-6 is 3213 which makes up 8.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chenkal village is 1044 which is lower than Kerala state average of 1084. Child Sex Ratio for the Chenkal as per census is 987, higher than Kerala average of 964.

Chenkal village has higher literacy rate compared to Kerala. In 2011, literacy rate of Chenkal village was 94.10 % compared to 94.00 % of Kerala. In Chenkal Male literacy stands at 96.02 % while female literacy rate was 92.28 %.

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

Chenkal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 9,549 - -
Population 36,891 18,047 18,844
Child (0-6) 3,213 1,617 1,596
Schedule Caste 3,736 1,787 1,949
Schedule Tribe 63 30 33
Literacy 94.10 % 96.02 % 92.28 %
Total Workers 14,790 9,981 4,809
Main Worker 8,779 - -
Marginal Worker 6,011 2,934 3,077

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.13 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.17 % of total population in Chenkal village.

Work Profile

In Chenkal village out of total population, 14790 were engaged in work activities. 59.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 14790 workers engaged in Main Work, 347 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 924 were Agricultural labourer.