Demography

Basic Statistics
Sl.no.	Demographic Label	Value
1	Area in Sq.Km	4482
2	Headquarter	Palakkad Town
3	Population	2,809,934 [ Rural – 2,133,124, Urban – 676,810 ]
4	Sex Ratio :- Males : Female	1000 : 1067
5	Density of Population (Persons per sq Km.)	627
6	Literacy Percentage	89.31 [ Scheduled Castes – 14.37, Scheduled Tribes – 1.74 ]
7	Languages	Malayalam & Tamil
8	Revenue Divisions	2
9	Taluks	7
10	Revenue Villages	157
11	District Panchayat	1
12	Number of divisions in District Panchayat	30
13	Block Panchayats	13
14	Number of wards in Block Panchayats	183
15	Grama Panchayats	88
16	No of wards in Grama Panchayats	2689
17	Muncipalities	7
18	Number of wards in Muncipalities	284
19	Parlimentary Constituencies	2
20	Assembly Constituencies	12
21	No of Educational District	3
22	No of Sub Educational District	12
23	No of District Treasuries	2
24	No of Sub Treasuries	13
25	No of Taluk Supply Offices	6
26	No of Sub Registarar Office	23
27	No of Sub Regional Transport Office	6
28	No of Motor Transport Check Post	5
29	No of Commercial Tax Check Post	14
30	No of Police Sub Division	4
31	No of Circle Stations	16
32	No of Police Stations	34
33	No of Excise Division Office	1
34	No of Excise Circle Office	7
35	No of Excise Range Office	13
36	No of Excise Check Posts	9
37	No of Forest Divisions	3
38	No of Fire & Rescue Stations	7
39	National Highways	544 & 966
40	No of Medical Colleges	7 [ Alopathy – 4, Ayurveda – 3 ]
41	No of Rivers	2 1. Bharathapuzha/Nila. [ Tributaries : Kalpathypuzha, Gayathri puzha, Kannadipuzha, Thuthapuzha ] 2. Bavani Puzha
42	No of Railway Divisions	1 ( Palakkad )
43	No of Major Railway Stations	2 ( Palakkad Jn. & Shornur Jn. )
44	No of Postal Divisions	2 ( Palakkad & Ottapalam )