Kannur is one of 14 districts located in south Indian state Kerala. There are total 9 blocks which comes under Kannur district, and there are total 56 villages and 60 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Kannur district is 589 and number of houses in this district is 473408.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 2147551. Out of total 2147551, male population count is 1005983, where as female population count is 1141568 in Kannur.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 234644 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 234644 children 118897 are boys and 115747 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Kannur district is 84%. 1817021 out of total 2147551 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 85% and 861554 males are literate out of total 1005983 male population, where as female literacy rate is 16% and 955467 out of total 1141568 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Kannur district is 15%. 330530 out of total 2147551 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 14% and 144429 males are illiterate out of total 1005983 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 16% and 186101 out of total 1141568 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Kannur district is 705110 and non-working population is 1442441 and out of 705110 working population 29099 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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