Vital Statistics: Birth Rate: per 1000 Population: Kerala: Urban data was reported at 13.300 NA in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 13.700 NA for 2019. Vital Statistics: Birth Rate: per 1000 Population: Kerala: Urban data is updated yearly, averaging 14.600 NA from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2020, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 18.200 NA in 1998 and a record low of 13.300 NA in 2020. Vital Statistics: Birth Rate: per 1000 Population: Kerala: Urban data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Demographic – Table IN.GAH002: Vital Statistics: Birth Rate: by States.

Vital Statistics: Natural Growth Rate: per 1000 Population: Kerala: Urban data was reported at 6.300 NA in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 6.400 NA for 2019. Vital Statistics: Natural Growth Rate: per 1000 Population: Kerala: Urban data is updated yearly, averaging 8.200 NA from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2020, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 12.000 NA in 1998 and a record low of 6.300 NA in 2020. Vital Statistics: Natural Growth Rate: per 1000 Population: Kerala: Urban data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Demographic – Table IN.GAH004: Vital Statistics: Natural Growth Rate: by States.

In 1800, the population of the region of present-day India was approximately 169 million. The population would grow gradually throughout the 19th century, rising to over 240 million by 1900. Population growth would begin to increase in the 1920s, as a result of falling mortality rates, due to improvements in health, sanitation and infrastructure. However, the population of India would see it’s largest rate of growth in the years following the country’s independence from the British Empire in 1948, where the population would rise from 358 million to over one billion by the turn of the century, making India the second country to pass the billion person milestone. While the rate of growth has slowed somewhat as India begins a demographics shift, the country’s population has continued to grow dramatically throughout the 21st century, and in 2020, India is estimated to have a population of just under 1.4 billion, well over a billion more people than one century previously. Today, approximately 18% of the Earth’s population lives in India, and it is estimated that India will overtake China to become the most populous country in the world within the next five years.

The vehicle population in the south Indian state of Kerala amounted to around ** million at the end of fiscal year 2020. There was a sharp increment in the number of personal vehicles within the state. Public transport on the other hand, displayed a declining trend. There was a significant drop in the number of private buses over the past two years. With one in every three Keralites owning a motor vehicle, the trend of traffic congestion caught on in the state, like in many other parts of the country.

Road accidents in Kerala

The number of road accidents across the state was around ** thousand in 2018. Over-speeding was the main cause for road accidents in the south Asian country. In the World Road Statistics for 2018, India ranked first out of 200 reported countries in terms of road accidents.

Road infrastructure

In 2017, the length of state highways across Kerala was approximately *** thousand kilometers. The same year, over *** thousand kilometers of road length was added to the state. India had the second largest road network in the world with a total length of over **** million kilometers. With the number of vehicles in the country increasing each year since 1951, mishaps on roads have become a growing cause for concern for the Indian government.

Vital Statistics: Birth Rate: per 1000 Population: Kerala: Rural data was reported at 13.100 NA in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 13.400 NA for 2019. Vital Statistics: Birth Rate: per 1000 Population: Kerala: Rural data is updated yearly, averaging 15.000 NA from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2020, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 18.300 NA in 1998 and a record low of 13.100 NA in 2020. Vital Statistics: Birth Rate: per 1000 Population: Kerala: Rural data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Demographic – Table IN.GAH002: Vital Statistics: Birth Rate: by States.

Vital Statistics: Natural Growth Rate: per 1000 Population: Kerala: Rural data was reported at 6.100 NA in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 6.300 NA for 2019. Vital Statistics: Natural Growth Rate: per 1000 Population: Kerala: Rural data is updated yearly, averaging 8.100 NA from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2020, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 11.800 NA in 1998 and a record low of 6.100 NA in 2020. Vital Statistics: Natural Growth Rate: per 1000 Population: Kerala: Rural data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Demographic – Table IN.GAH004: Vital Statistics: Natural Growth Rate: by States.

Population: Kerala data was reported at 36.073 Person mn in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 35.716 Person mn for 2023. Population: Kerala data is updated yearly, averaging 33.016 Person mn from Mar 1994 (Median) to 2024, with 31 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 36.073 Person mn in 2024 and a record low of 29.879 Person mn in 1994. Population: Kerala data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The data is categorized under Global Database’s India – Table IN.GBG001: Population. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

Abstract

The objective of PLFS is primarily on two aspects. The first is to measure the dynamics in labour force participation and employment status in the short time interval of three months for the urban areas only in the Current Weekly Status (CWS). Thus, in every quarter, PLFS will bring out the level and change estimates of the key labour force indicators in CWS viz. Worker Population Ratio (WPR), Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR), Unemployment Rate (UR). Secondly, for both rural and urban areas, level estimates of all important parameters in both usual status and CWS will be brought out annually.

Geographic coverage

The survey covers the whole of the Indian Union except the villages in Andaman and Nicobar Islands which remain extremely difficult to access throughout the year. 12800 FSUs (7024 villages and 5776 UFS blocks) are being covered annually at all-India level.

Sampling procedure

Rotational panel design for urban areas i.The initial rotational panel is for two years, where only 25% FSUs of urban annual allocation will be covered in the first quarter (Panel Ptwo-year period of rotation. 11) with detail listing and canvassing of visit 1 schedule in the selected households. ii. Another 25% FSUs will be covered in the second quarter (Panel P12) for taking up visit 1 schedule and revisit schedule will be canvassed in the selected households of Panel P11. iii. A new panel P13 of 25% FSUs will be surveyed in third quarter with visit 1 schedule and revisit schedules will be canvassed in the households of panels P11 & P12. iv. In the fourth quarter, households of panels P11, P12 & P13 will be surveyed with revisit schedule and a new panel P14 with 25% FSUs for visit 1 schedule. v. In the subsequent quarters of second year 75% FSUs (3 panels - P12, P13 & P14) will be common and an earlier panel (P11) will be replaced by a new panel (P15) for canvassing visit 1 schedule. This will continue till 8th quarter. vi. All the FSUs of the panels P11, P12, ...., P18 (each of which is with 25% of FSUs) will be selected before commencement of survey in the first quarter. vii. At the end of the second year of each two-year duration, updated frame will be used for both rural and urban areas. viii. FSUs of another set of panels P21, P22, ..., P28 selected from the updated frame will be made ready before commencement of first quarter of third year (first quarter of the second two-year duration). These panels P21 to P28 will take care of the changes in the urban frame during the intracensal period. ix. In the ninth quarter (first quarter of the second two-year duration), panel P21 selected from the updated frame will be introduced and the panels P16, P17 and P18 of the old frame will be surveyed. x. This scheme will continue for another 2 years with the introduction of panels P22 to P28 each in one quarter for the subsequent 7 quarters till the end of the fourth year (second year of the two-year period). xi. This scheme of rotation of panels will enable generation of estimates of change parameters with 75% matching and 25% of unmatched samples from fifth quarter onwards. xii. One of the main advantages of this plan of rotation is that there will not be any break in the series of estimates of the change parameters starting from 5th quarter. xiii. Since major changes in the rural-urban frame occurs in the Census years (say for the year 2023-24), provision is to be made to generate estimates without break in the series of estimates considering panels from pre and post-census frames.

1.3.3 Rural samples For rural areas, samples for all the 8 quarters have been selected before commencement of survey for each two-year period, while the frame remains same for this duration. In each quarter, only 25% FSUs of annual allocation (as is done in each sub-round of NSS rounds) are being covered in rural areas so that independent estimates can be generated for each quarter. For this purpose, quarterly allocation is multiple of 2 for drawing interpenetrating sub-samples. There will not be any revisit in the rural samples.

Outline of the design: A stratified multi-stage design has been adopted. The first stage units (FSU) are the Urban Frame Survey (UFS) blocks in urban areas and 2011 Population Census villages (Panchayat wards for Kerala) in rural areas. The ultimate stage units (USU) are households. As in usual NSS rounds, in the case of large FSUs one intermediate stage unit, called hamlet group/sub-block, will be formed. Periodic Labour Force Survey 4 Note on sample design and estimation procedure 1.3.7 Sampling Frame for First Stage Units: The list of latest available Urban Frame Survey (UFS) blocks is considered as the urban sampling frame. List of 2011 Population Census villages (Panchayat wards for Kerala) constitutes the rural sampling frame. Since the duration of rotational panel is of two-year, the urban sampling frame once updated incorporating the changes made in the current phase of UFS will remain unchanged for two years. Similarly the rural sampling frame with changes, if any, for urbanisation of village(s) will remain unchanged for two years. After completion of every two-year period, the frames will be updated for incorporating the changes likely to occur during this period. When next Population Census details will be available, the new frame will be used only when UFS blocks for all newly declared Census Towns and Statutory Towns are available for preparation of sampling frame, as the new list of census villages will not include those villages which will be considered as urban areas. ......

Mode of data collection

Face to Face

The urban regions of the southern state of Kerala had the highest gender ratio based on registered births, with *** females per 1,000 males between 2018 and 2020. By contrast, the urban regions of Uttarakhand had a gender ratio of *** females for every 1,000 males. India's average rural gender ratio was *** during the measured time period.

Vital Statistics: Death Rate: per 1000 Population: Kerala: Urban data was reported at 7.100 NA in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 7.200 NA for 2019. Vital Statistics: Death Rate: per 1000 Population: Kerala: Urban data is updated yearly, averaging 6.500 NA from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2020, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.800 NA in 2016 and a record low of 6.100 NA in 2003. Vital Statistics: Death Rate: per 1000 Population: Kerala: Urban data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Demographic – Table IN.GAH003: Vital Statistics: Death Rate: by States.

Life expectancy in India was 25.4 in the year 1800, and over the course of the next 220 years, it has increased to almost 70. Between 1800 and 1920, life expectancy in India remained in the mid to low twenties, with the largest declines coming in the 1870s and 1910s; this was because of the Great Famine of 1876-1878, and the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918-1919, both of which were responsible for the deaths of up to six and seventeen million Indians respectively; as well as the presence of other endemic diseases in the region, such as smallpox. From 1920 onwards, India's life expectancy has consistently increased, but it is still below the global average.

Sex Ratio at Birth: Female per 1000 Male: Kerala data was reported at 974.000 NA in 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 968.000 NA for 2019. Sex Ratio at Birth: Female per 1000 Male: Kerala data is updated yearly, averaging 966.000 NA from Dec 2006 (Median) to 2020, with 15 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 974.000 NA in 2020 and a record low of 922.000 NA in 2006. Sex Ratio at Birth: Female per 1000 Male: Kerala data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Demographic – Table IN.GAJ001: Memo Items: Sex Ratio at Birth.

In 2021, Kerala reflected the highest share of its population belonging to the elderly age group with 16.5 percent as opposed to only 10.5 percent in 2001. This was an increase in six percent in two decades.

Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Secondary: Kerala: Male data was reported at 65.000 % in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 68.600 % for 2023. Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Secondary: Kerala: Male data is updated yearly, averaging 65.000 % from Jun 2018 (Median) to 2024, with 7 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 68.600 % in 2023 and a record low of 61.100 % in 2020. Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Secondary: Kerala: Male data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Labour Market – Table IN.GBA030: Periodic Labour Force Survey: Annual: Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: by State: Education Level: Secondary.

Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Middle: Kerala: Male data was reported at 79.900 % in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 80.000 % for 2023. Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Middle: Kerala: Male data is updated yearly, averaging 79.100 % from Jun 2018 (Median) to 2024, with 7 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 81.400 % in 2019 and a record low of 76.100 % in 2020. Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Middle: Kerala: Male data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Labour Market – Table IN.GBA029: Periodic Labour Force Survey: Annual: Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: by State: Education Level: Middle.

Census: Population: Kerala: Kochi data was reported at 2,117,990.000 Person in 03-01-2011. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,355,972.000 Person for 03-01-2001. Census: Population: Kerala: Kochi data is updated decadal, averaging 272,805.500 Person from Mar 1901 (Median) to 03-01-2011, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,117,990.000 Person in 03-01-2011 and a record low of 74,198.000 Person in 03-01-1901. Census: Population: Kerala: Kochi data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Demographic – Table IN.GAC017: Census: Population: By Towns and Urban Agglomerations: Kerala.

Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Graduate: Kerala: Urban: Male data was reported at 71.600 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 69.200 % for 2023. Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Graduate: Kerala: Urban: Male data is updated yearly, averaging 65.200 % from Jun 2018 (Median) to 2024, with 7 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 71.600 % in 2024 and a record low of 59.100 % in 2020. Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Graduate: Kerala: Urban: Male data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Labour Market – Table IN.GBA034: Periodic Labour Force Survey: Annual: Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: by State: Education Level: Graduate.

Vital Statistics: Natural Growth Rate: per 1000 Population: Kerala: Urban在2020达6.300NA，相较于2019的6.400NA有所下降。Vital Statistics: Natural Growth Rate: per 1000 Population: Kerala: Urban数据按每年更新，1997至2020期间平均值为8.200NA，共23份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于1998，达12.000NA，而历史最低值则出现于2020，为6.300NA。CEIC提供的Vital Statistics: Natural Growth Rate: per 1000 Population: Kerala: Urban数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India，数据归类于India Premium Database的Demographic – Table IN.GAH004: Vital Statistics: Natural Growth Rate: by States。

Literacy in India has been increasing as more and more people receive a better education, but it is still far from all-encompassing. In 2023, the degree of literacy in India was about 77 percent, with the majority of literate Indians being men. It is estimated that the global literacy rate for people aged 15 and above is about 86 percent. How to read a literacy rateIn order to identify potential for intellectual and educational progress, the literacy rate of a country covers the level of education and skills acquired by a country’s inhabitants. Literacy is an important indicator of a country’s economic progress and the standard of living – it shows how many people have access to education. However, the standards to measure literacy cannot be universally applied. Measures to identify and define illiterate and literate inhabitants vary from country to country: In some, illiteracy is equated with no schooling at all, for example. Writings on the wallGlobally speaking, more men are able to read and write than women, and this disparity is also reflected in the literacy rate in India – with scarcity of schools and education in rural areas being one factor, and poverty another. Especially in rural areas, women and girls are often not given proper access to formal education, and even if they are, many drop out. Today, India is already being surpassed in this area by other emerging economies, like Brazil, China, and even by most other countries in the Asia-Pacific region. To catch up, India now has to offer more educational programs to its rural population, not only on how to read and write, but also on traditional gender roles and rights.

Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Post Graduate and Above: Kerala: Urban: Female data was reported at 55.900 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 47.700 % for 2023. Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Post Graduate and Above: Kerala: Urban: Female data is updated yearly, averaging 52.600 % from Jun 2018 (Median) to 2024, with 7 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 57.600 % in 2018 and a record low of 41.300 % in 2020. Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Post Graduate and Above: Kerala: Urban: Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Labour Market – Table IN.GBA035: Periodic Labour Force Survey: Annual: Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: by State: Education Level: Post Graduate and Above.