Kottayam District - Population 2011-2024

An official Census 2011 detail of Kottayam, a district of Kerala has been released by Directorate of Census Operations in Kerala. Enumeration of key persons was also done by census officials in Kottayam District of Kerala.

In 2011, Kottayam had population of 1,974,551 of which male and female were 968,289 and 1,006,262 respectively. In 2001 census, Kottayam had a population of 1,953,646 of which males were 964,926 and remaining 988,720 were females. Kottayam District population constituted 5.91 percent of total Maharashtra population. In 2001 census, this figure for Kottayam District was at 6.14 percent of Maharashtra population.

There was change of 1.07 percent in the population compared to population as per 2001. In the previous census of India 2001, Kottayam District recorded increase of 6.86 percent to its population compared to 1991.

Kottayam Literacy Rate

Average literacy rate of Kottayam in 2011 were 97.21 compared to 97.21 of 2001. If things are looked out at gender wise, male and female literacy were 97.97 and 96.48 respectively. For 2001 census, same figures stood at 97.34 and 94.35 in Kottayam District. Total literate in Kottayam District were 1,749,798 of which male and female were 861,592 and 888,206 respectively. In 2001, Kottayam District had 1,668,266 in its district.

Kottayam Sex Ratio

With regards to Sex Ratio in Kottayam, it stood at 1039 per 1000 male compared to 2001 census figure of 1025. The average national sex ratio in India is 940 as per latest reports of Census 2011 Directorate. In 2011 census, child sex ratio is 964 girls per 1000 boys compared to figure of 962 girls per 1000 boys of 2001 census data.

Kottayam District Religion Data

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Kottayam Population 2011 - 2001

Kottayam Child Population

In census enumeration, data regarding child under 0-6 age were also collected for all districts including Kottayam. There were total 174,486 children under age of 0-6 against 212,622 of 2001 census. Of total 174,486 male and female were 88,823 and 85,663 respectively. Child Sex Ratio as per census 2011 was 964 compared to 962 of census 2001. In 2011, Children under 0-6 formed 8.84 percent of Kottayam District compared to 10.88 percent of 2001. There was net change of -2.04 percent in this compared to previous census of India.

Kottayam Houseless Data

In 2011, total 492 families live on footpath or without any roof cover in Kottayam district of Kerala. Total Population of all who lived without roof at the time of Census 2011 numbers to 830. This approx 0.042034872738157% of total population of Kottayam district.

Kottayam District Density

The initial provisional data released by census India 2011, shows that density of Kottayam district for 2011 is 895 people per sq. km. In 2001, Kottayam district density was at 885 people per sq. km. Kottayam district administers 2,206 square kilometers of areas.

Kottayam District Urban/Rural 2011

Out of the total Kottayam population for 2011 census, 28.63 percent lives in urban regions of district. In total 565,393 people lives in urban areas of which males are 275,616 and females are 289,777. Sex Ratio in urban region of Kottayam district is 1051 as per 2011 census data. Similarly child sex ratio in Kottayam district was 968 in 2011 census. Child population (0-6) in urban region was 49,343 of which males and females were 25,078 and 24,265. This child population figure of Kottayam district is 9.10 % of total urban population. Average literacy rate in Kottayam district as per census 2011 is 97.48 % of which males and females are 98.24 % and 96.75 % literates respectively. In actual number 503,023 people are literate in urban region of which males and females are 246,141 and 256,882 respectively.

As per 2011 census, 71.37 % population of Kottayam districts lives in rural areas of villages. The total Kottayam district population living in rural areas is 1,409,158 of which males and females are 692,673 and 716,485 respectively. In rural areas of Kottayam district, sex ratio is 1034 females per 1000 males. If child sex ratio data of Kottayam district is considered, figure is 963 girls per 1000 boys. Child population in the age 0-6 is 125,143 in rural areas of which males were 63,745 and females were 61,398. The child population comprises 9.20 % of total rural population of Kottayam district. Literacy rate in rural areas of Kottayam district is 97.10 % as per census data 2011. Gender wise, male and female literacy stood at 97.86 and 96.37 percent respectively. In total, 1,246,775 people were literate of which males and females were 615,451 and 631,324 respectively.

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City/Metros in Kottayam District