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Arackal Population - Kollam, Kerala

Arackal is a large village located in Pathanapuram Taluka of Kollam district, Kerala with total 4625 families residing. The Arackal village has population of 17240 of which 8026 are males while 9214 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Arackal village population of children with age 0-6 is 1652 which makes up 9.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Arackal village is 1148 which is higher than Kerala state average of 1084. Child Sex Ratio for the Arackal as per census is 1081, higher than Kerala average of 964.

Arackal village has higher literacy rate compared to Kerala. In 2011, literacy rate of Arackal village was 94.52 % compared to 94.00 % of Kerala. In Arackal Male literacy stands at 96.27 % while female literacy rate was 93.00 %.

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

Arackal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 4,625 - -
Population 17,240 8,026 9,214
Child (0-6) 1,652 794 858
Schedule Caste 2,332 1,109 1,223
Schedule Tribe 69 33 36
Literacy 94.52 % 96.27 % 93.00 %
Total Workers 6,291 4,324 1,967
Main Worker 4,499 - -
Marginal Worker 1,792 1,088 704

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.53 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.40 % of total population in Arackal village.

Work Profile

In Arackal village out of total population, 6291 were engaged in work activities. 71.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 6291 workers engaged in Main Work, 515 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 704 were Agricultural labourer.