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Palakkad Analytics

languages
City (district capitals)/DHQ

1. Malayalam : 113,914
2. English Multilingual Population : 39,551
3. Tamil : 14,290

Number Of Languages spoken by more then 30K Population : 1

Basic Details

City (District Capitals)/DHQ Population :	:	130,955
City(District Capitals)/DHQ Population (Rank)	:	312^th
District Area (km²)	:	4,482
District Area (Rank)	:	254^th
No.of Towns in District	:	83
No. of Villages in District	:	585

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Palakkad Highlights: India City/Districts Comparison

Palakkad is the 312^th ranked city in population, out of 768 District Capitals (DHQs) of India. It is the capital of Palakkad District in Kerala State. Palakkad District is 153^rd highest ranked in population & 254^th ranked in area, in India. Please keep the DHQ rank in perspective, for the highlights below.

Better than India Average-

1.
Palakkad is the 3^rd highest ranked in # of Higher Education Enrolments % of Pop (No, UDISE 2021) out of 768 city/districts of India. This indicates that this district is more urbanized and/or has a better-developed educational infrastructure compared to other districts.

2.
The average No of District Hospital of Indian city (district capitals)/districts is 1. Palakkad is the 7^th highest ranked city out of 768 city/districts. This indicates that health infrastructure in this district is better than other districts.

3.
Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Palakkad is the 8^th highest ranked in No of Nurses . This implies that the health infrastructure in this district surpasses that of other districts.

4.
Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India Palakkad is the 423^rd best ranked in Number of Murders (NO, IPC 2020) . This indicates a safer district as compared to other districts.

Worse than India Average-

1.
Palakkad is the 55^th worst ranked in Number of IPC Crimes (NO, IPC 2020) out of 768 city/districts of India. This implies lesser effectiveness of law and order in this district compared to other districts.

2.
The Average Crime/1000 Pop (Ratio, IPC 2020) of Indian City (District Capitals)/Districts is Palakkad is the 83^rd worst ranked City out of 768 City/Districts.This implies lesser effectiveness of law and order in this district compared to other districts.

3.
Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Palakkad is the 110^th worst ranked in Number of Missing Persons (NO, IPC 2020) .This implies lesser effectiveness of law and order in this district compared to other districts.

4.
Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Palakkad is the 670^th worst ranked in Formal Jobs(Dist.),2023 .This implies low private sector growth.

5.
Palakkad is the 659^th highest ranked in State Govt Jobs(Formal) Dist.,2023 out of 768 City/Districts of India.This indicates that this is not a highly urbanized district and/or not a high GDP top 40 metropolis.

6.
The Average Formal Jobs(DHQ),2023 of Indian City(District Capitals)/Districts is 37084. Palakkad is the 637^th highest ranked City out of 768 City/Districts.This implies relatively low structured employment due to this location not being a highly urbanized district and/or not a high GDP top 40 metropolis.

Palakkad City/District Metrics

Culture

Nature

Internet

Palakkad Nature Highlights

	Nature Metrics	% of India	Rank Out of 768	City / Districts Data

Palakkad Culture Highlights

Sr.No	Culture Metrics	Counts	Name
Famous Forts	Famous Forts	1	Palakkad Fort
Famous Jain Temples	Famous Jain Temples	1	Jainimedu Jain temple

Airports

	Name	City	IATA Code	Distance
Airport Name	Coimbatore International Airport	Coimbatore	CJB	32 Km

Population: 130,955 | Population Rank: 312^th

Area (KM²): 4,482 | Area Rank: 254^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	No of District Hospital	1	7^th	8244
2	No of Nurses	3390	8^th	3860
3	No of Hospital Beds	1599	9^th	5761
4	No of Sub Divisional Hospital	1	27^th	2543
5	No of Doctors	1729	28^th	9012
6	No of Community Health Centers	9	42^nd	4361
7	No of Total Hospitals	59	52^nd	10933
8	No of Primary Health Centers	47	72^nd	8060

Negative Metrics:

Population: 130,955 | Population Rank: 312^th

Area (KM²): 4,482 | Area Rank: 254^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	Number of Banks (No, RBI SCB Q4 2022)	176	45^th	3825
2	Number of Households with means of Transport as Car/ Jeep/Van (No, Census 2011)	15572	59^th	7520
3	Number of Households with Internet (No, Census 2011)	10634	62^nd	8722
4	Number of Households with Television (No, Census 2011)	157504	71^st	8299
5	Number of Households with TV, Computer/Laptop, Telephone/mobile phone and Scooter/ Car (No, Census 2011)	15680	72^nd	4643
6	Bank Credit (Crore, RBI SCB Q4 2022)	18218	85^th	1904
7	Bank Deposits (Crore, RBI SCB Q4 2022)	24082	90^th	2632
8	Number of Households without Internet (No, Census 2011)	20983	92^nd	3960
9	Number of Households with Owned houses (No, Census 2011)	280805	96^th	2561
10	Number of Households with means of Transport as Scooter/ Motorcycle/Moped (No, Census 2011)	69577	97^th	1984
11	GDP (Crores. RBI SCB 2023)	27789	98^th	10184
12	Bank Deposit-Bank Loans (Crores, RBI SCB 2023)	5863	99^th	8980
13	No. of Banks/1000 Household (in "1000", SCB 2023)	1	102^nd	5833
14	Number of Households with Mobile only (No, Census 2011)	174173	104^th	9568
15	% of Households with Cars (%, Census 2011)	4	153^rd	10363
16	Number of Households with rented houses (No, Census 2011)	37627	154^th	1664
17	GDP per Capita ('000', RBI SCB 2023)	118	155^th	10880
18	% of Household with Mobiles (%, Census 2011)	51	331^st	2816
19	House Ownership % of Households (%, Census 2011)	86	342^nd	1501

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	Bank Credit - Bank Debit/No. of banks (Crore, RBI SCB 2023)	27	411^th	4644
2	Number of Households without TV, Internet, Radio, Computer, Mobile, Landline (No, Census 2011)	57099	468^th	5602
3	Bank Loans/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2023)	8	472^nd	10231
4	Bank Deposit/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2023)	12	494^th	1159

Negative Metrics:

Population: 130,955 | Population Rank: 312^th

Area (KM²): 4,482 | Area Rank: 254^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	Sex-Ratio (1000) (%, Census 2011)	949	18^th	9429

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	Decadal Growth Rate (2011) (%, Census 2011)	19	65^th	8917
2	Population per sq. km. (Km, Census 2011)	1023	535^th	1954

Negative Metrics:

Population: 130,955 | Population Rank: 312^th

Area (KM²): 4,482 | Area Rank: 254^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	# of Higher Education Enrolments % of Pop (No, UDISE 2021)	0	3^rd	5222
2	# of UG Enrolments - Science (No, AISHE 2020)	6311	30^th	1783
3	# of PG Enrolments - Science (No, AISHE 2020)	1015	30^th	2539
4	Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education (18-23 Years) (No, AISHE 2020)	28	68^th	2499
5	# of UG Enrolments - Teaching (No, AISHE 2020)	2447	78^th	2031
6	# of UG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2020)	719	80^th	1237
7	# of PG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2020)	591	85^th	6251
8	# of UG Enrolments - Medical (No, AISHE 2020)	358	86^th	9202
9	# of Ph.D Enrolments (No, AISHE 2020)	275	104^th	2250
10	# of Master's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2020)	6137	119^th	10773
11	# of Colleges (No, AISHE 2020)	56	124^th	2483
12	# of Bachelor's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2020)	42477	126^th	6916
13	# of Total Enrolments (No, AISHE 2020)	49523	142^nd	4343
14	# of UG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2020)	5379	143^rd	1890
15	# of PG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2020)	250	143^rd	1686
16	# of Universities (No, AISHE 2020)	1	153^rd	3820

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	# of No. of Schools (No, UDISE 2021)	1937	324^th	2913
2	# of Population (0-18) (No, Census 2011)	136937	387^th	1416
3	# of UG Diploma Enrolments (No, AISHE 2020)	334	515^th	10380
4	# of UG Enrolments - Commerce (No, AISHE 2020)	4172	530^th	9607
5	# of PG Enrolments - Commerce (No, AISHE 2020)	344	530^th	5681
6	# of UG Enrolments - Law (No, AISHE 2020)	654	543^rd	7083
7	Population (18-24) (Number, 2023)	208496	572^nd	7266
8	# of UG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2020)	9152	576^th	3365
9	# of PG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2020)	1087	576^th	5862
10	# of ITIS seats (No, AISHE 2020)	4706	601^st	4264
11	# of Enrolment in Private and Government Colleges (No, AISHE 2020)	36821	604^th	4156
12	# of Diploma (No, AISHE 2020)	3877	605^th	6783

Negative Metrics:

Population: 130,955 | Population Rank: 312^th

Area (KM²): 4,482 | Area Rank: 254^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	Sanctioned Police Force Number (NO, IPC 2020)	1416	40^th	4378
2	Number of Police Stations (NO, IPC 2020)	22	56^th	5934

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	Number of Panchayats (Number , Census 2011)	745	183^rd	5511

Negative Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	Number of IPC Crimes (NO, IPC 2020)	2801	55^th	4187
2	Crime/1000 Pop (Ratio, IPC 2020)	1	83^rd	11025
3	Number of Missing Persons (NO, IPC 2020)	267	110^th	9635
4	Number of Cyber Crimes (NO, IPC 2020)	25	159^th	9059
5	Murder/Lakh Pop (Ratio, IPC 2020)	1	372^nd	3282

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	Number of Murders (NO, IPC 2020)	25	423^rd	9597

Population: 130,955 | Population Rank: 312^th

Area (KM²): 4,482 | Area Rank: 254^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	English Speakers (Second Language + Third Language (No, Census 2011)	187044	90^th	6839
2	City FB Users % of City Literate Population (%, FB 2022)	134	154^th	4463
3	Linkedin Audience Size(No, Linked in Jan, 2025)	132859	592^nd	5813

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	Urban Internet Pop/City Pop (%, TRAI June 2023)	165	251^st	7981
2	Number of Internet Connections (No, TRAI 2023)	593683	424^th	7069
3	Number of Facebook Users. (Estimated Maximum)(No, Dec. 2024)	1065262	557^th	5741

Negative Metrics:

Population: 130,955 | Population Rank: 312^th

Area (KM²): 4,482 | Area Rank: 254^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	Malayalam Script	6112	8^th	7772
2	Literacy (%, Census 2023)Estd	78	32^nd	5036
3	Script Pools # < 30, 000	1	115^th	5109

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	Gurumukhi Script (Punjabi)	10774	1^st	1279
2	Devnagri Script (Hindi)	137058	67^th	8734
3	Bengali Script	13153	221^st	1340
4	Assamese Script	3229	304^th	10338
5	Gujarati Script	25953	331^st	9155
6	Latin Script (English)	2647	331^st	9018
7	Perso-Arabic Script (Urdu)	33190	338^th	10758
8	Odia Script	5442	370^th	4042
9	Marathi Script	27903	399^th	7688
10	DHQ Mother Tongue Population (No, Census 2011)	254303	479^th	8991
11	Telugu Script	39429	593^rd	2024
12	English Multilingual Population	50193	608^th	6096
13	Kannada Script	23603	622^nd	9840
14	Tamil Script	23886	715^th	2631

Negative Metrics:

Population: 130,955 | Population Rank: 312^th

Area (KM²): 4,482 | Area Rank: 254^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	Number of Theatres (No, BOC 2020)	22	25^th	7752
2	Number of Dailies or Magazines (No, RNI 2020)	221	106^th	1608
3	Total Annual Newspaper Circulation (No, RNI 2020)	596633	129^th	2606

Negative Metrics:

Population: 130,955 | Population Rank: 312^th

Area (KM²): 4,482 | Area Rank: 254^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	Number of households having latrine facility within the premises	156908	41^st	9827
2	# of Households with Location of drinking water source within premises	154278	51^st	10726
3	# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Electricity	222703	72^nd	7543
4	Number of towns (Number , Census 2011)	10	83^rd	6903
5	# of Households that use LPG/PNG as fuel for Cooking	96340	104^th	4248
6	Number of households (Number , Census 2011)	326286	108^th	9788
7	# of Households with 1 married couple	228663	116^th	3335
8	Urban Population (Number , Census 2011)	531234	147^th	6907

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	# of Households that use Electricity as fuel for Cooking	566	1^st	2391
2	# of Uninhabited Villages	64	1^st	3372
3	# of Inhabited Villages	777	183^rd	7661
4	# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Solar Energy	1508	407^th	6571
5	Urbanization (% , Census 2011)	26	494^th	4154

Negative Metrics:

Population: 130,955 | Population Rank: 312^th

Area (KM²): 4,482 | Area Rank: 254^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	State Govt Jobs(Formal) DHQ,2023	14249	121^st	2726
2	# of Companies,2023	1876	123^rd	8272
3	Informal Jobs(Dist.),2023	626770	149^th	7256

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	Central Govt Jobs(Formal),2023	6050	1^st	2680
2	Central PSU Jobs(Formal),2023	1938	1^st	8995
3	Private Jobs(Formal),2023	15104	1^st	5724
4	Informal Jobs(DHQ),2023	56813	426^th	7404
5	Formal Jobs(DHQ),2023	37084	637^th	8800
6	State Govt Jobs(Formal) Dist.,2023	23664	659^th	7003
7	Formal Jobs(Dist.),2023	25014	670^th	7050

Negative Metrics:

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