Thrissur District Population, Kerala - Census India 2011

Thrissur is one of district of Kerala in India. There are 5 Taluks, 98 villages and 136 towns in Thrissur district.

As per the Census India 2011, Thrissur district has 759,210 households, population of 3,121,200 of which 1,480,763 are males and 1,640,437 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 303,950 which is 9.74% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Thrissur district is around 1108 compared to 1084 which is average of Kerala state. The literacy rate of Thrissur district is 85.82% out of which 86.59% males are literate and 85.12% females are literate. The total area of Thrissur is 3,027 sq.km with population density of 1,031 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 32.83% of population lives in Urban area and 67.17% lives in Rural area. There are 10.39% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 0.3% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Thrissur district.

Thrissur Religion Population

DescriptionPopulationPercentage
Total3,121,200100%
Hindu1,823,44258.42%
Christian757,48424.27%
Muslim532,83917.07%
Religion not stated6,2510.2%
Other religions and persuasions5850.02%
Buddhist2780.01%
Sikh2590.01%
Jain620%

Thrissur Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area
DescriptionUrbanRural
Area(sq.km)1,1611,866
Number of households508,333250,877
Total Population2,096,4061,024,794
Population (%)47.34%52.35%
Male Population992,460488,303
Female Population1,103,946536,491
Sex Ratio11121099
Literacy (%)86.49%84.45%

List of Taluks in Thrissur

Check out complete list of all Taluks of Thrissur district, Kerala
TalukPopulationArea (km2)Pop. DensitySex-ratio
Thrissur874,61563013881076
Mukundapuram831,3631,3296251096
Talappilly632,0866799301100
Chavakkad470,89823520061181
Kodungallur312,23814521481139

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Thrissur Population Facts

Number of Households759,210
Population3,121,200
Male Population1,480,763 (47.44%)
Female Population1,640,437 (52.56%)
Children Population303,950
Area3,027 km2
Population density/km21,031
Sex-ratio1108
Literacy85.82%
Male Literacy86.59%
Female Literacy85.12%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %0.3%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %10.39%

Map of Thrissur, Kerala