Enayam Port

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RAPID TECHNO-ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY REPORT FOR
DEVELOPMENT OF COLACHEL PORT AT TAMILNADU
FINAL REPORT
(Agasteeswarem, Thovalai, Kalkulam and Vilavancode Taluks) which formed the southern divisions of the former
Trivandrum District, were predominantly Tamil speaking. They agitated for the merger of this area with Madras
State. Tamil and Malayalam are the main languages of this district. Hindus and Christians form a sizeable
percentage of the population of the district and there are a number of Muslims dominated belts in the district. The
caste system in the Society has weakened to a great extent especially after independence because of growth of
education and improvements in transport and communication. Some of the communities in the district are
Nadars, Nanjil Nadu Vellalars, Paravas, Mukthavas, Vilakki Thalanayar, Kammalar or Asari, Nairs,
Chackarevars, Kerala Mudalis etc.
As of the census of India 2001, Kanniyakumari had a population of 19,739 comprising 9,884 males and
9,855 females, making the sex ratio (number of females per thousand males) of the town to 997. A total of
2,403 people were under six years of age and the child sex ratio (number of females per thousand males under
six years of age) stood at 1,024. The town had an average literacy of 88.62%, higher than the national
average of 59.5%. A total of 269 comprising 1.55% of the population belonged to Scheduled Castes (SC) and
169 comprising 0.97% of the population belonged to Scheduled tribes (ST). There were are total of 4,236
households in the town.
Table 9: Kanyakumary area and Population. Source: Census of India
Out of the total Kanyakumari population for 2011 census, 82.33 percent lives in urban regions of district. In
total 1,539,802 people lives in urban areas of which males are 761,407 and females are 778,395. Sex
Ratio in urban region of Kanyakumari district is 1022 as per 2011 census data. Similarly child sex ratio in
Kanyakumari district was 966 in 2011 census. Child population (0-6) in urban region was 148,570 of which
males and females were 75,573 and 72,997. This child population figure of Kanyakumari district is 9.93 % of
total urban population. Average literacy rate in Kanyakumari district as per census 2011 is 91.96 % of which
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