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Anchal Population - Kollam, Kerala

Anchal is a large village located in Pathanapuram Taluka of Kollam district, Kerala with total 8793 families residing. The Anchal village has population of 33088 of which 15732 are males while 17356 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Anchal village population of children with age 0-6 is 3069 which makes up 9.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Anchal village is 1103 which is higher than Kerala state average of 1084. Child Sex Ratio for the Anchal as per census is 919, lower than Kerala average of 964.

Anchal village has higher literacy rate compared to Kerala. In 2011, literacy rate of Anchal village was 95.00 % compared to 94.00 % of Kerala. In Anchal Male literacy stands at 96.70 % while female literacy rate was 93.49 %.

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

Anchal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 8,793 - -
Population 33,088 15,732 17,356
Child (0-6) 3,069 1,599 1,470
Schedule Caste 2,992 1,425 1,567
Schedule Tribe 82 41 41
Literacy 95.00 % 96.70 % 93.49 %
Total Workers 11,960 8,446 3,514
Main Worker 10,185 - -
Marginal Worker 1,775 869 906

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.04 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.25 % of total population in Anchal village.

Work Profile

In Anchal village out of total population, 11960 were engaged in work activities. 85.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 11960 workers engaged in Main Work, 952 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1289 were Agricultural labourer.