Kerala has a population of over 33 million people with a literacy rate of over 93%. The workforce participation rate is around 35% which is lower than the national average. Kerala has a knowledge-based economy with significant contributions from IT and tourism. The state is known for its achievements in social development, with top health and education indicators such as high life expectancy and low infant mortality when compared to other Indian states.
Kerala has a population of over 33 million people with a literacy rate of over 93%. The workforce participation rate is around 35% which is lower than the national average. Kerala has a knowledge-based economy with significant contributions from IT and tourism. The state is known for its achievements in social development, with top health and education indicators such as high life expectancy and low infant mortality when compared to other Indian states.
Kerala has a population of over 33 million people with a literacy rate of over 93%. The workforce participation rate is around 35% which is lower than the national average. Kerala has a knowledge-based economy with significant contributions from IT and tourism. The state is known for its achievements in social development, with top health and education indicators such as high life expectancy and low infant mortality when compared to other Indian states.
Kerala has a population of over 33 million people with a literacy rate of over 93%. The workforce participation rate is around 35% which is lower than the national average. Kerala has a knowledge-based economy with significant contributions from IT and tourism. The state is known for its achievements in social development, with top health and education indicators such as high life expectancy and low infant mortality when compared to other Indian states.
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KERALA ECONOMY
DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE Demographic profile • the population of Kerala was 33,406,061, or 2.76 per cent of India’s population. (Census of India 2011) • 48 per cent population are males and 52 per cent are females • Population Growth The percentage decadal growth rate of Kerala’s population during 2001-2011 was 4.9 per cent Growth rate of Population : Kerala & India Population Pyramid of Kerala 2021 Sex ratio of Kerala and India Religious wise distribution (2011) Literacy Rate Projection for the future Workforce Participation Who is a worker • A person who is involved in production activity contributing to the flow of goods and services in the economy is called a worker. • In other words, a worker is regarded as an economic agent who contributes to the production of goods and services, thereby, to the GDP during a particular year. • A worker renders services to others and receives rewards in the form of wages, salaries or in kind. Labourcorce Participation in Kerala & India Workforce Participation (WPR) • • Work Participation Rate = X 100 • WPR in Kerala according to Census 2011 is 34.78%. • Male WPR- 52.73 • Female WPR- 18.23 • The highest WPR is in Idukki (46.56%) and the lowest in Malappuram (25.83%). Workforce Participation Rate Kerala & India Labourforce Participation rate in Kerala: Male & Female • Main Workers A person who has worked for major part of the reference period (i.e. six months or more during the last one year preceding the date of enumeration) in any economically productive activity is termed as the Main worker • Marginal Workers A person who worked for 3 months or less but less than six months of the reference period (i.e. in the last one year preceding the date of enumeration) in any economic activity is termed as the Marginal worker • •In Census 2011, marginal workers have been classified into two categories viz.,
• Worked for 3 months or more but less than 6 months, during the reference period.
• Worked for less than 3 months, during the reference period.
• In Census 2011, out of the 1,16,19,063 workers, 93,29,747 are main workers and the remaining 22,89,316 are marginal workers. • The percentage of main workers among the total workers in Census 2011 is 80.30% Features of Work participation in Kerala • Only 57% are economically engaged • Only 27% women participate in economic activity • The share of service sector need to increase more • 6.7% of overall unemployment in Kerala • Women unemployment is high in the State MIGRATION Meaning SOCIAL SECTOR OF KERALA Social Sector
Health Education Education • Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, morals, beliefs, and habits. • Educational methods include teaching, training, discussion, • Types: • Formal • informal Literacy • literacy rate of 93.91 • female literacy with 92% • Low literacy gap District wise literacy • Top in list • Pathanamthitta District (96.93 per cent)
• Kottayam (96.4 per cent)
• Alappuzha (96.26 per cent).
• Bottom in the list
• Palakkad (88.49 ) Formal Education system:
• School – • LP, UP, HS, HSS • Higher Education – • Colleges, Professional Education, Technical Education, Research Studies School Education • There were 12,951 schools in Kerala in 2019- 20, out of which 4,693 (36.24 per cent) are Government schools, 7,216 (55.71 per cent) are aided schools and 1,042 (8.05 per cent) are unaided schools. • More Government schools are functioning in lower primary (LP) section than upper primary (UP) or high school (HS) sections. Aided schools outnumber Government schools in all sections. Malappuram District had the highest number of schools (1,561) in the State followed by Kannur and Kozhikode. • Other Syllabi schools like CBSE, ICSE, Kendriya Vidyalaya and Jawahar Navodayavidyalayas.
• At the higher secondary level, at present, there are 1,907 higher
secondary schools, of which, 760 are government schools, 686 private aided schools, and 461 unaided schools. School Enrollment • There is an increase in the enrolment of students in 2019-20 to 37.17 lakh from 37.04 lakh in 2018-19. • The increase is more prominent in the enrolment in LP section. • “Pothuvidyabahsa Samrakshana Yajnam”, Higher Education
• The state has a total of 16 universities with 13 states, 02 deemed
and 01 central universities.
• There are more than 1000 colleges in Kerala offering a degree in
Arts, Commerce and Science stream Course Level Number of Enrolment UG 641914
Diploma 63190
PG Diploma 507
Certificate 2912
Integrated 4877
PG 39907
M.Phil 565
PhD. 3599
Total Enrolment 757471
Health Care System
Achievements are measured in
Life expectancy Infant mortality rate Child mortality rate Bed per population Health Care Institutions under DHS
• In Kerala modern medical services are offered by the Directorate of
Health Services (DHS)
• At present there are 1,284 health institutions with 38,097 beds, 6288 doctors and 21325 paramedical staff under Health Services Department consisting of 197 PHCs Diseases-- Classification • Communicable --dengue, chikungunya, leptospirosis, malaria, hepatitis, H1N1 • Non-communicable--hypertension, cardio vascular diseases, cancer and lung diseases Initiatives in the Health Sector:
• Aardram Mission--make Government hospitals people-
friendly
• Kerala COPD Prevention and Control Programme – SWAAS
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a health condition that affects an individual's ability to breathe well.
