Census of India 2011

Houses, Household Amenities and Assets

Kerala-Figures at a Glance
Item

Houselist Item

No.
1

Absolute number

Percentage

Total

Rural

Urban

Total

Rural

Urban

A : Number of census houses

A.1 : Total number of census houses
A.2 : Total number of vacant census houses
A.3 : Total number of occupied census houses
B

100.0

100.0

10.6

10.0

11.3

89.4

90.0

88.7

52,71,787

47,56,922 100.0

100.0

100.0

76,58,685

40,66,488

35,92,197

76.4

77.1

75.5

44,931

23,035

21,896

0.4

0.4

0.5

58,57,785

11,89,144

5,85,998

6,03,146

1,00,28,709

52,71,787

47,56,922

1,00,28,709

Number of occupied census houses

B.1 : Total number of occupied census houses

B.2 :

53,60,068 100.0

1,12,17,853

Occupied Census Houses used as

Residence
B.3 : Residence -cum- other use
B.4 : Shop/ Office

9,64,441

4,22,785

5,41,656

9.6

8.0

11.4

B.5 : School/ College etc.

75,480

40,290

35,190

0.8

0.8

0.7

B.6 : Hotel/ Lodge/ Guest house etc.

52,509

20,656

31,853

0.5

0.4

0.7

B.7 : Hospital/ Dispensary etc.

31,589

14,505

17,084

0.3

0.3

0.4

B.8 : Factory/ Workshop/ Workshed etc.

1,65,901

74,043

91,858

1.7

1.4

1.9

B.9 : Place of worship

1,05,562

62,057

43,505

1.1

1.2

0.9

8,36,057

5,04,376

3,31,681

8.3

9.6

7.0

93,554

43,552

50,002

0.9

0.8

1.1

B.10 : Other non-residential use

B.11 : No. of occupied locked census houses

C : Condition of census Houses use as residence and residence cum other use(Excluding Locked/ Vacant Houses)
C.1 : Total

77,03,616

40,89,523

36,14,093 100.0

C.2 : Good

51,11,677

24,95,020

26,16,657

C.3 : Livable

21,86,850

13,31,390

4,05,089

2,63,113

C.4 : Dilapidated

100.0

100.0

66.4

61.0

72.4

8,55,460

28.4

32.6

23.7

1,41,976

5.3

6.4

3.9

47,06,920 100.0

100.0

100.0

D : Predominent material of roof (Excluding Locked/ Vacant Houses)

D.1 : Total number of census houses

99,35,155

52,28,235

2,51,286

1,56,243

95,043

2.5

3.0

2.0

71,707

46,772

24,935

0.7

0.9

0.5

3,32,763

1,86,841

1,45,922

3.3

3.6

3.1

33,13,560

20,00,885

13,12,675

33.4

38.3

27.9

D.6 : Burnt Brick

30,437

16,450

13,987

0.3

0.3

0.3

D.7 : Stone/Slate

90,128

51,463

38,665

0.9

1.0

0.8

9,58,712

6,58,737

2,99,975

9.6

12.6

6.4

48,66,989

21,00,403

27,66,586

49.0

40.2

58.8

19,573

10,441

9,132

0.2

0.2

0.2

D.2 : Grass/ Thatch/ Bamboo/ Wood/ Mud, etc.

D.3 : Plastic/ Polythene
D.4 : Hand made Tiles
D.5 : Machine made Tiles

D.8 : G.I./ Metal/ Asbestos sheets

D.9 : Concrete
D.10 : Any other material

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E :

Absolute number

Percentage

Total

Rural

Urban

Total

Rural

Urban

Predominent material of wall (Excluding

Locked/ Vacant Houses)

E.1 : Total number of census houses
E.2 : Grass/ Thatch/ Bamboo etc.
E.3 : Plastic/ Polythene
E.4 : Mud/ Unburnt brick

99,35,155

52,28,235

47,06,920

100.0

100.0

100.0

1,57,032

1,01,481

55,551

1.6

1.9

1.2

52,775

35,705

17,070

0.5

0.7

0.4

10,24,165

7,07,519

3,16,646

10.3

13.5

6.7

E.5 : Wood

1,04,081

55,606

48,475

1.0

1.1

1.0

E.6 : Stone not packed with mortar

9,42,652

5,84,665

3,57,987

9.5

11.2

7.6

47,67,577

22,37,380

25,30,197

48.0

42.8

53.8

25,698

13,035

12,663

0.3

0.2

0.3

E.7 : Stone packed with mortar

E.8 : G.I./ Metal/ Asbestos sheets
E.9 : Burnt brick

24,71,449

12,72,147

11,99,302

24.9

24.3

25.5

E.10 : Concrete

2,86,062

1,47,353

1,38,709

2.9

2.8

2.9

E.11 : Any other material

1,03,664

73,344

30,320

1.0

1.4

0.6

99,35,155

52,28,235

47,06,920

100.0

100.0

100.0

9,30,269

6,75,248

2,55,021

9.4

12.9

5.4

F.3 : Wood/ Bamboo

15,585

9,855

5,730

0.2

0.2

0.1

F.4 : Burnt Brick

36,300

18,761

17,539

0.4

0.4

0.4

3,40,139

1,35,437

2,04,702

3.4

2.6

4.3

F.6 : Cement

64,35,879

35,57,545

28,78,334

64.8

68.0

61.2

F.7 : Mosaic/ Floor tiles

20,17,436

7,70,363

12,47,073

20.3

14.7

26.5

F.8 : Any other material

1,59,547

61,026

98,521

1.6

1.2

2.1

house
G.1 : Total households

77,16,370

40,95,674

36,20,696

100.0

100.0

100.0

G.2 : Good

51,17,699

24,97,435

26,20,264

66.3

61.0

72.4

G.3 : Livable

21,92,251

13,34,396

8,57,855

28.4

32.6

23.7

4,06,420

2,63,843

1,42,577

5.3

6.4

3.9

77,16,370

40,95,674

36,20,696

100.0

100.0

100.0

2,05,567

1,28,035

77,532

2.7

3.1

2.1

52,735

35,170

17,565

0.7

0.9

0.5

2,69,468

1,50,893

1,18,575

3.5

3.7

3.3

26,88,200

16,24,560

10,63,640

34.8

39.7

29.4

H.6 : Burnt Brick

24,047

13,101

10,946

0.3

0.3

0.3

H.7 : Stone/Slate

62,561

36,598

25,963

0.8

0.9

0.7

6,97,932

4,99,390

1,98,542

9.0

12.2

5.5

37,01,357

16,00,213

21,01,144

48.0

39.1

58.0

14,503

7,714

6,789

0.2

0.2

0.2

F :

Predominent material of floor

(Excluding Locked/ Vacant Houses)

F.1 : Total number of census houses
F.2 : Mud

F.5 : Stone

G :

Households by condition of census

G.4 : Dilapidated
H : Households by Predominent material of roof
H.1 : Total number of households
H.2 : Grass/ Thatch/ Bamboo/ Wood/ Mud, etc.
H.3 : Plastic/ Polythene
H.4 : Hand made Tiles
H.5 : Machine made Tiles

H.8 : G.I./ Metal/ Asbestos sheets

H.9 : Concrete
H.10 : Any other material

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No.
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Absolute number

Percentage

Total

Rural

Urban

Total

Rural

Urban

I : Households by Predominent material of wall

I.1 : Total number of households

77,16,370

40,95,674

36,20,696

100.0

100.0

100.0

I.2 : Grass/ Thatch/ Bamboo etc.

1,30,314

83,645

46,669

1.7

2.0

1.3

38,505

26,885

11,620

0.5

0.7

0.3

8,89,634

6,16,639

2,72,995

11.5

15.1

7.5

70,288

35,292

34,996

0.9

0.9

1.0

7,26,831

4,57,255

2,69,576

9.4

11.2

7.4

36,60,809

17,35,613

19,25,196

47.4

42.4

53.2

13,467

7,143

6,324

0.2

0.2

0.2

18,90,204

9,63,203

9,27,001

24.5

23.5

25.6

2,20,450

1,15,243

1,05,207

2.9

2.8

2.9

75,868

54,756

21,112

1.0

1.3

0.6

77,16,370

40,95,674

36,20,696

100.0

100.0

100.0

7,47,339

5,59,960

1,87,379

9.7

13.7

5.2

4,998

2,823

2,175

0.1

0.1

0.1

27,144

13,936

13,208

0.4

0.3

0.4

2,87,702

1,08,404

1,79,298

3.7

2.6

5.0

47,35,079

26,55,615

20,79,464

61.4

64.8

57.4

J.7 : Mosaic/ Floor tiles

17,68,412

6,98,956

10,69,456

22.9

17.1

29.5

J.8 : Any other material

1,45,696

55,980

89,716

1.9

1.4

2.5

K.1 : Total number of households

77,16,370

40,95,674

36,20,696

100.0

100.0

100.0

K.2 : Owned

69,96,527

37,99,559

31,96,968

90.7

92.8

88.3

K.3 : Rented

5,63,891

2,01,738

3,62,153

7.3

4.9

10.0

K.4 : Others

1,55,952

94,377

61,575

2.0

2.3

1.7

77,16,370

40,95,674

36,20,696

100.0

100.0

100.0

83,843

50,818

33,025

1.1

1.2

0.9

5,61,223

3,33,669

2,27,554

7.3

8.1

6.3

L.4 : Two rooms

19,37,119

10,91,934

8,45,185

25.1

26.7

23.3

L.5 : Three rooms

24,84,792

13,10,280

11,74,512

32.2

32.0

32.4

L.6 : Four rooms

15,90,683

8,17,170

7,73,513

20.6

20.0

21.4

L.7 : Five rooms

6,08,562

2,95,989

3,12,573

7.9

7.2

8.6

L.8 : Six rooms and above

4,50,148

1,95,814

2,54,334

5.8

4.8

7.0

I.3 : Plastic/ Polythene

I.4 : Mud/ Unburnt brick
I.5 : Wood
I.6 : Stone not packed with mortar
I.7 : Stone packed with mortar
I.8 : G.I./ Metal/ Asbestos sheets
I.9 : Burnt brick
I.10 : Concrete
I.11 : Any other material
J : Households by Predominent material of
floor
J.1 : Total number of households
J.2 : Mud
J.3 : Wood/ Bamboo
J.4 : Burnt Brick
J.5 : Stone
J.6 : Cement

K : Households by ownership status

L :

Households by number of dwelling

rooms

L.1 : Total number of households

L.2 : No exclusive room
L.3 : One room

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No.
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Absolute number

Percentage

Total

Rural

Urban

Total

Rural

Urban

M : Households by household size

77,16,370

40,95,674

36,20,696

100.0

100.0

100.0

M.2 : 1

2,84,408

1,61,621

1,22,787

3.7

3.9

3.4

M.3 : 2

8,14,585

4,40,543

3,74,042

10.6

10.8

10.3

M.4 : 3

13,38,510

7,00,397

6,38,113

17.3

17.1

17.6

M.5 : 4

23,14,368

12,16,079

10,98,289

30.0

29.7

30.3

M.6 : 5

14,32,460

7,77,285

6,55,175

18.6

19.0

18.1

M.7 : 6-8

12,48,749

6,67,913

5,80,836

16.2

16.3

16.0

2,83,290

1,31,836

1,51,454

3.7

3.2

4.2

N.1 : Total number of households

77,16,370

40,95,674

36,20,696

100.0

100.0

100.0

N.2 : None

11,58,298

6,23,107

5,35,191

15.0

15.2

14.8

N.3 : 1

52,81,926

28,01,399

24,80,527

68.5

68.4

68.5

N.4 : 2

10,62,927

5,68,881

4,94,046

13.8

13.9

13.6

N.5 : 3

1,80,417

87,437

92,980

2.3

2.1

2.6

N.6 : 4

27,954

12,744

15,210

0.4

0.3

0.4

4,848

2,106

2,742

0.1

0.1

0.1

77,16,370

40,95,674

36,20,696

100.0

100.0

100.0

O.2 : Tap water

22,63,713

10,01,698

12,62,015

29.3

24.5

34.9

O.3 : Tap water from treated source

18,02,341

7,03,434

10,98,907

23.4

17.2

30.4

4,61,372

2,98,264

1,63,108

6.0

7.3

4.5

O.5 : Well

47,86,860

26,54,523

21,32,337

62.0

64.8

58.9

O.6 : Covered well

11,29,397

5,85,003

5,44,394

14.6

14.3

15.0

O.7 : Un-covered well

36,57,463

20,69,520

15,87,943

47.4

50.5

43.9

38,402

15,427

22,975

0.5

0.4

0.6

2,85,394

1,43,090

1,42,304

3.7

3.5

3.9

1,08,527

1,05,713

2,814

1.4

2.6

0.1

O.11 : River/ Canal

15,215

14,533

682

0.2

0.4

0.0

O.12 : Tank/ Pond/ Lake

55,793

49,565

6,228

0.7

1.2

0.2

1,62,466

1,11,125

51,341

2.1

2.7

1.4

P.1 : Total number of households

77,16,370

40,95,674

36,20,696

100.0

100.0

100.0

P.2 : Within the premises

59,99,089

29,84,553

30,14,536

77.7

72.9

83.3

P.3 : Near the premises

10,86,145

6,69,198

4,16,947

14.1

16.3

11.5

6,31,136

4,41,923

1,89,213

8.2

10.8

5.2

M.1 : Total number of households

M.8 : 9+
N :

Households by number of married

couples

N.7 : 5+
O :

Households by main source of drinking

water
O.1 : Total Number of Households

O.4 : Tap water from un-treated source

O.8 : Hand pump

O.9 : Tubewell/ Borehole
O.10 : Spring

O.13 : Other sources

P : Households bylocation of drinking water

P.4 : Away

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No.
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Absolute number

Percentage

Total

Rural

Urban

Total

Rural

Urban

Q : Households by main source of lighting

Q.1 : Total number of households

77,16,370

40,95,674

36,20,696

100.0

100.0

100.0

Q.2 : Electricity

72,84,706

37,72,137

35,12,569

94.4

92.1

97.0

Q.3 : Kerosene

4,04,513

3,04,225

1,00,288

5.2

7.4

2.8

13,523

10,997

2,526

0.2

0.3

0.1

Q.5 : Other oil

6,754

4,156

2,598

0.1

0.1

0.1

Q.6 : Any other

3,966

2,447

1,519

0.1

0.1

0.0

Q.7 : No lighting

2,908

1,712

1,196

0.0

0.0

0.0

R.1 : Total number of households

77,16,370

40,95,674

36,20,696

100.0

100.0

100.0

R.2 : Latrine facility within the premises

73,45,977

38,18,327

35,27,650

95.2

93.2

97.4

51,45,635

24,19,519

27,26,116

66.7

59.1

75.3

9,22,284

4,03,651

5,18,633

12.0

9.9

14.3

38,81,348

18,28,639

20,52,709

50.3

44.6

56.7

3,42,003

1,87,229

1,54,774

4.4

4.6

4.3

21,83,566

13,91,633

7,91,933

28.3

34.0

21.9

21,26,646

13,50,264

7,76,382

27.6

33.0

21.4

56,920

41,369

15,551

0.7

1.0

0.4

16,776

7,175

9,601

0.2

0.2

0.3

12,052

4,506

7,546

0.2

0.1

0.2

Q.4 : Solar

R : Households by type of latrine facility

R.3 : Water Closet

R.4 :

- Piped sewer system

R.5 :

- Septic tank

R.6 :

- Other system

R.7 : Pit Latrine

R.8 :

- With slab/ ventilated improved pit

R.9 :

- Without slab/ open pit

R.10 : Other Latrine

R.11 :

-Night soil disposed into open drain

R.12 :

- Night soil removed by human

3,011

1,358

1,653

0.0

0.0

0.0

R.13 :

- Night soil serviced by animals

1,713

1,311

402

0.0

0.0

0.0

3,70,393

2,77,347

93,046

4.8

6.8

2.6

80,669

48,244

32,425

1.0

1.2

0.9

2,89,724

2,29,103

60,621

3.8

5.6

1.7

R.14 : No Latrine within the premises

R.15 : - Public latrine
R.16 : - Open
S : Households by bathing facility
S.1

Total number of households

77,16,370

40,95,674

36,20,696

100.0

100.0

100.0

S.2

Bathroom

62,67,368

30,52,699

32,14,669

81.2

74.5

88.8

S.3

Enclosure without roof

3,51,546

2,03,697

1,47,849

4.6

5.0

4.1

S.4

No

10,97,456

8,39,278

2,58,178

14.2

20.5

7.1

T.1 : Total number of households

77,16,370

40,95,674

36,20,696

100.0

100.0

100.0

T.2 : - Closed drainage

19,48,041

7,33,491

12,14,550

25.2

17.9

33.5

T.3 : - Open drainage

16,34,514

8,74,009

7,60,505

21.2

21.3

21.0

T.4 : - No drainage

41,33,815

24,88,174

16,45,641

53.6

60.8

45.5

T :

Households by type of drainage

connectivity for waste water outlet

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U :

Absolute number

Percentage

Total

Rural

Urban

Total

Rural

Urban

Households by availability of kitchen

facility

U.1 : Total number of households

77,16,370

40,95,674

36,20,696

100.0

100.0

100.0

U.2 : Cooking inside house:

74,21,600

38,93,787

35,27,813

96.2

95.1

97.4

U.3 : Has Kitchen

73,03,703

38,12,022

34,91,681

94.7

93.1

96.4

U.4 : Does not have kitchen

1,17,897

81,765

36,132

1.5

2.0

1.0

U.5 : Cooking outside house:

2,74,269

1,91,547

82,722

3.6

4.7

2.3

U.6 : Has Kitchen

1,59,672

1,00,015

59,657

2.1

2.4

1.6

U.7 : Does not have kitchen

1,14,597

91,532

23,065

1.5

2.2

0.6

20,501

10,340

10,161

0.3

0.3

0.3

V.1 : Total number of households

77,16,370

40,95,674

36,20,696

100.0

100.0

100.0

V.2 : Fire-wood

47,77,867

29,90,953

17,86,914

61.9

73.0

49.4

61,816

37,732

24,084

0.8

0.9

0.7

V.4 : Cowdung cake

4,611

2,751

1,860

0.1

0.1

0.1

V.5 : Coal, Lignite, Charcoal

4,043

2,143

1,900

0.1

0.1

0.1

27,346

8,486

18,860

0.4

0.2

0.5

27,65,913

10,13,198

17,52,715

35.8

24.7

48.4

3,315

1,547

1,768

0.0

0.0

0.0

48,235

27,320

20,915

0.6

0.7

0.6

2,723

1,204

1,519

0.0

0.0

0.0

20,501

10,340

10,161

0.3

0.3

0.3

57,28,876

30,24,934

27,03,942

74.2

73.9

74.7

X.1 : Total number of households

77,16,370

40,95,674

36,20,696

100.0

100.0

100.0

X.2 : Radio/ Transistor

22,88,127

11,12,225

11,75,902

29.7

27.2

32.5

X.3 : Television

59,29,498

29,51,671

29,77,827

76.8

72.1

82.2

X.4 : Computer/Laptop - With Internet

4,83,609

1,61,279

3,22,330

6.3

3.9

8.9

X.5 : Computer/Laptop - Without Internet

7,31,035

3,16,054

4,14,981

9.5

7.7

11.5

69,19,494

36,05,209

33,14,285

89.7

88.0

91.5

8,93,306

4,79,135

4,14,171

11.6

11.7

11.4

36,08,956

18,90,947

17,18,009

46.8

46.2

47.4

24,17,232

12,35,127

11,82,105

31.3

30.2

32.6

15,77,993

6,52,174

9,25,819

20.4

15.9

25.6

18,57,699

8,05,926

10,51,773

24.1

19.7

29.0

7,88,957

3,29,023

4,59,934

10.2

8.0

12.7

U.8 : No cooking
V : Households by fuel used for cooking

V.3 : Crop residue

V.6 : Kerosene
V.7 : LPG/ PNG
V.8 : Electicity
V.9 : Bio-gas
V.10 : Any other
V.11 : No cooking
W : Households availing banking services

X : Households by posession of assets

X.6 : Telephone
X.7 : Telephone/ Mobile Phone - Landline only
X.8 : Telephone/ Mobile Phone - Mobile only
X.9 : Telephone/ Mobile Phone - Both
X.10 : Bicycle
X.11 : Scooter/ Motorcycle/ Moped
X.12 : Car/ Jeep/ Van

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No.
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X.13 : None of the specified assets

Absolute number

Percentage

Total

Rural

Urban

Total

Rural

Urban

3,72,635

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2,50,658

1,21,977

4.8

6.1

3.4