Kollam District

Kollam district is located in Kerala. Population of Kollam district is 2,629,703 as per Census 2011. Kollam is 7th most Populous district out of total 14 districts in Kerala and it is 155th most Populous district out of total 640 districts in India.

The population density of Kollam is 1056 Persons per square Km. It is 6th most densely populated out of 14 districts in Kerala and it is 87th most densely populated district out of total 640 districts in India.

Total Literacy rate of Kollam is 93.77%. This means 93.77 out of 100 persons of age more than 6 years are literate. It is ranked 8 in terms of literacy rate out of total 14 districts of Kerala and 12 out of total 640 districts of India.

Male Literacy of Kollam is 95.83% while female literacy stands at 91.95%.

Note: Serchhip district (98.76%) in Mizoram has highest literacy rate and Alirajpur district (37.2%) of Madhya Pradesh has the lowest literacy rate in India.

Sex-ratio of Kollam is 1113 female per thousand male.

Note: Highest Sex-ratio of India is of Puducherry (1176) while lowest being from Daman district (533). All the details are as of Census 2011.

Area of Kollam is 2,490.25 Sq. Km. It is 8th largest district in Kerala and 454th largest in India in terms of total area.

Note: Kutch district (45441 sq.km) of Gujarat is the largest and Mahe district (9 sq km) of Puducherry is the smallest district in India.