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Karalam Population - Thrissur, Kerala

Karalam is a large village located in Mukundapuram Taluka of Thrissur district, Kerala with total 4251 families residing. The Karalam village has population of 16594 of which 7684 are males while 8910 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karalam village population of children with age 0-6 is 1490 which makes up 8.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karalam village is 1160 which is higher than Kerala state average of 1084. Child Sex Ratio for the Karalam as per census is 974, higher than Kerala average of 964.

Karalam village has higher literacy rate compared to Kerala. In 2011, literacy rate of Karalam village was 95.96 % compared to 94.00 % of Kerala. In Karalam Male literacy stands at 97.47 % while female literacy rate was 94.68 %.

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

Karalam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 4,251 - -
Population 16,594 7,684 8,910
Child (0-6) 1,490 755 735
Schedule Caste 2,705 1,308 1,397
Schedule Tribe 23 15 8
Literacy 95.96 % 97.47 % 94.68 %
Total Workers 5,769 4,124 1,645
Main Worker 4,909 - -
Marginal Worker 860 412 448

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.30 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.14 % of total population in Karalam village.

Work Profile

In Karalam village out of total population, 5769 were engaged in work activities. 85.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 5769 workers engaged in Main Work, 344 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 433 were Agricultural labourer.