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Nirchal Population - Kasaragod, Kerala

Nirchal is a large village located in Kasaragod Taluka of Kasaragod district, Kerala with total 2352 families residing. The Nirchal village has population of 12369 of which 6223 are males while 6146 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nirchal village population of children with age 0-6 is 1361 which makes up 11.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nirchal village is 988 which is lower than Kerala state average of 1084. Child Sex Ratio for the Nirchal as per census is 950, lower than Kerala average of 964.

Nirchal village has lower literacy rate compared to Kerala. In 2011, literacy rate of Nirchal village was 89.04 % compared to 94.00 % of Kerala. In Nirchal Male literacy stands at 93.68 % while female literacy rate was 84.37 %.

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

Nirchal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 2,352 - -
Population 12,369 6,223 6,146
Child (0-6) 1,361 698 663
Schedule Caste 1,707 864 843
Schedule Tribe 167 84 83
Literacy 89.04 % 93.68 % 84.37 %
Total Workers 4,502 3,269 1,233
Main Worker 3,475 - -
Marginal Worker 1,027 590 437

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.80 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.35 % of total population in Nirchal village.

Work Profile

In Nirchal village out of total population, 4502 were engaged in work activities. 77.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 4502 workers engaged in Main Work, 252 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 91 were Agricultural labourer.