Kerala 2005 - of Planning Commission

DISTRICT PROFILES
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Kollam
Indices 2001
Human Development Index (HDI) 0.787
HDI Rank 6
Gender Related Development Index (GDI) 0.764
GDI Rank 6
Index of Deprivation (overall) 30.4
Scheduled Caste 47.8
Scheduled Tribe 50.7
Others 27.7
ID (overall) Rank 8
Population 1991 2001
Population Size (lakhs) 24.08 25.84
Share of State’s Population (%) 8.3 8.1
Area (sq. km.) 2,491
Share of State’s Area (%) 6.4
Urban Population (%) 18.53 18.03
Density of Population (per sq. km.) 96.7 1,038
Share of SC Population (%) 10.3 10.3
Share of ST Population (%) 1.2 1.4
Health 2001
Infant Mortality Rate (per 1000 births) 8
Life Expectancy at Birth (years) 77.1
Crude Birth Rate (per 1000 pop.) 16.2
Total Fertility Rate (per woman) 1.6
Full Antenatal Care (%) 90.2
Institutional Deliveries
Public (%) 48.3
Private (%) 51.6
Complete Immunisation (%) 90.6
Low Birth Weight (%) 12.0
Suicide Rate (per lakh population) 43.6
Number of Beds (per lakh population) 92
Education 1991 2001
Literacy Rate (%) 90.5 91.5
Literacy Rate among SC (%) 79.6
Literacy Rate among ST (%) 62.4
Gross Enrolment Ratio (%) 96.1
Cohort Retention Rate to Std. 10 (%) 93.7
Student-Teacher Ratio 31 31
No. of Female Teachers to Total (%) 67 76
Schools having Pucca Buildings (%) 85.8
District Information 2005
No. of Block Panchayat 13
No. of Grama Panchayat 69
No. of Villages 104
No. of Municipalities 2
No. of Corporations 1
Economy 2001
Real per capita Income (PPP$) 2,885
Share of Net State Domestic Product
Primary (%) 27.4
Secondary (%) 23.7
Tertiary (%) 48.9
Gender 2001
Literacy Rate (%)
Male 94.6
Female 88.6
Gross Enrolment Ratio (%)
Male 96.9
Female 95.2
Sex Ratio (F/M) (per 1000) 1,070
Child Sex Ratio (F/M) (per 1000) 962
Age at Marriage (years)
Male 28.2
Female 22.2
Work Participation Rate (%)
Male 48.5
Female 16.7
Crime Against Women (per lakh female population) 25
Employment 2001
Work Participation Rate (%) 32.1
Cultivators Workers (%) 6.8
Agricultural Labourers (%) 14.7
Workers in Household (%) 2.4
Other Workers (%) 76.1
Household Status 2001
Households with Pucca House (%) 68.9
Households with Access to
Electricity (%) 73.0
Water Closet Latrine 60.3
Water within 100 Metre Distance 92.3
Infrastructure 2001
Area Served per Post Office (sq. km.) 6.8
Population Served per Post Office (no.) 7,079
Telephone Connections per sq. km. 95
Telephone per 1000 Population 77
Road Length per 100 sq. km. 59.7