Kanyakumari is one of 32 districts located in southeast Indian state Tamil Nadu. There are total 11 blocks which comes under Kanyakumari district, and there are total 65 villages and 36 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Kanyakumari district is 629 and number of houses in this district is 172511.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 665475. Out of total 665475, male population count is 330670, where as female population count is 334805 in Kanyakumari.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 66257 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 66257 children 33788 are boys and 32469 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Kanyakumari district is 81%. 545154 out of total 665475 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 83% and 275937 males are literate out of total 330670 male population, where as female literacy rate is 19% and 269217 out of total 334805 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Kanyakumari district is 18%. 120321 out of total 665475 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 16% and 54733 males are illiterate out of total 330670 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 19% and 65588 out of total 334805 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Kanyakumari district is 249368 and non-working population is 416107 and out of 249368 working population 5683 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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