Nilambur is a Block placed in Malappuram district in Kerala. Placed in urban area of Kerala, it is one of the 14 blocks of Malappuram district. According to the administration records, the block number of Nilambur is 33. The block has 12 villages and there are total 76712 families in this Block.
As per Census 2011, Nilambur's population is 358956. Out of this, 171058 are males while the females count 187898 here. This block has 47366 children in the age bracket of 0-6 years. Out of this 23960 are boys and 23406 are girls.
Literacy rate in Nilambur block is 79%. 286779 out of total 358956 population is literate here. Among males the literacy rate is 81% as 139099 males out of total 171058 are educated while female literacy rate is 78% as 147680 out of total 187898 females are literate in this Block.
The dark part is that illiteracy rate of Nilambur block is 20%. Here 72177 out of total 358956 individuals are illiterate. Male illiteracy rate here is 18% as 31959 males out of total 171058 are uneducated. In females the illiteracy rate is 21% and 40218 out of total 187898 females are illiterate in this block.
The count of employed people of Nilambur block is 108615 yet 250341 are non-working. And out of 108615 occupied individual 5758 individuals are entirely reliant on cultivation.