AboutThalassery Municipality
Name of Municipality : Thalassery
District : Kannur
Thaluk : Thalassery
Area (in KM2) : 23.98 km2
No. of wards : 52
Population : 92558
Male : 42461
Female : 50097
No. of households : 19577
Density of population : 3900 /km2
SC Population : 1763
ST Population : 0
Male Female Ratio : 1000:1180
Literacy Rate : 97.17
As of 2011 India census,Thalassery had a population of 92,558, making it Kerala's 8th largest city in population. Males constitute 47% of the population and females 53%. Thalassery has an average literacy rate of 97.17%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. Both male and female literacy are 97.17%. In Thalassery, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age. The Thalassery urban agglomeration consists of the Thalassery municipality and panchayaths of Eranholi, Kadirur, Dharmadam, Muzhappilangad, Pinarayi and New Mahe with a present population of around 200,000.
Hindus make up 51% of the population, Muslims 46% and the rest mainly Christians.
As per the SECC data there are around 2084 landless households in the municipal area . In the slum areas there is need of extra space or even an extra house to accommodate the families living in congested conditions .
Surveys have been undertaken under various schemes of the municipality to find the landless and houseless population. For Eg. EMS survey ,Survey under IHSDP etc
other than census .Efforts have been made to address the issue through various programmes likeNSDP, IHSDP project,ISHUP, EMS housing, Janakeeyasootranam project etc ,but still there is demand for housing in the municipal area.