According to the final figures of 2001 census, the population of the district is 32,34,356. The details are as below

The population of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes together is 3,91,750 which is 12.20 per cent of the total population of the district. Of this 3,70,857 are scheduled castes and 20,893 are scheduled tribes.

The most populated scheduled caste is Pulaya and Scheduled tribe is Kani.

The scheduled caste and Scheduled tribe colonies are provided with electricity and drinking water. As a result of the Special Component Plan/Tribal Sub Plan schemes, hundreds of families could be brought above the poverty line.

Language

Malayalam is the mother tongue. People in Neyyattinkara taluk living adjacent to Tamil Nadu border, speak Malayalam mixed with Tamil.

Religion and Caste

Hindus constitute the majority of the population followed by  Christians and Muslims. The Hindu community lies grouped on the basis of castes and sub castes as elsewhere in the State. The Nairs, the Ezhavas, the scheduled castes and tribes form the majority of the Hindu community. They worship all the major gods and goddesses of the Hindu pantheon. Vishnu, Siva, Krishna, Ganapathi, Durga and Bhadrakali are the idols most worshipped.

Though Christianity is believed to have been introduced in Kerala in 52 A.D., the religion made progress only with the advent of the Portuguese towards the end of the 15^th century. Christians belong mainly to the Latin Catholic Church, the Church of South India and the Orthodox Syrian Church. The Muslim community also forms a major division of the total population.

Economic, social and other ties bind the members of different religious groups at the local level. People live in peace and amity, influencing and being influenced by the culture of one another.