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1.1 Religion wise population - Census 2001 – Kerala

Religion

Residence

Total Population

0-6 population

Literates

Total workers

Person

Male

Female

Person

Male

Female

Person

Male

Female

Person

Male

Female

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

All Religions

Total

31841374

15468614

16372760

3793146

1935027

1858119

25485688

12753602

12732086

10283887

7765645

2518242

Rural

23574449

11451282

12123167

2857686

1457233

1400453

18653369

9357640

9295729

7671110

5732387

1938723

Urban

8266925

4017332

4249593

935460

477794

457666

6832319

3395962

3436357

2612777

2033258

579519

Hindus

Total

17883449

8690473

9192976

1932504

985394

947110

14383693

7230638

7153055

6389199

4618714

1770485

Rural

13053683

6341266

6712417

1439830

733791

706039

10329737

5210902

5118835

4726281

3371538

1354743

Urban

4829766

2349207

2480559

492674

251603

241071

4053956

2019736

2034220

1662918

1247176

415742

Muslims

Total

7863842

3776371

4087471

1178880

601660

577220

5974344

2973338

3001006

1828226

1585306

242920

Rural

5865445

2809523

3055922

891628

454993

436635

4420236

2196316

2223920

1352031

1156222

195809

Urban

1998397

966848

1031549

287252

146667

140585

1554108

777022

777086

476195

429084

47111

Christians

Total

6057427

2981790

3075637

677878

345928

331950

5099915

2534091

2565824

2054036

1552302

501734

Rural

4630781

2287211

2343570

523499

267011

256488

3884898

1940025

1944873

1584287

1198412

385875

Urban

1426646

694579

732067

154379

78917

75462

1215017

594066

620951

469749

353890

115859

Sikhs

Total

2762

1611

1151

276

148

128

2297

1385

912

1195

1019

176

Rural

1504

822

682

152

85

67

1209

682

527

617

489

128

Urban

1258

789

469

124

63

61

1088

703

385

578

530

48

Buddhists

Total

2027

1081

946

257

131

126

1630

905

725

702

570

132

Rural

1528

796

732

186

95

91

1231

670

561

486

383

103

Urban

499

285

214

71

36

35

399

235

164

216

187

29

Jains

Total

4528

2268

2260

441

239

202

3903

1981

1922

1632

1353

279