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District-wise Details
2011 Census

District	Population	Headquarters
Thiruvananthapuram	3,307,284	Thiruvananthapuram
Kollam	2,629,703	Kollam
Pathanamthitta	1,195,537	Pathanamthitta
Alappuzha	2,121,943	Alappuzha
Kottayam	1,979,384	Kottayam
Idukki	1,107,453	Painavu
Ernakulam	3,279,860	Kochi
Thrissur	3,110,327	Thrissur
Palakkad	2,810,892	Palakkad
Malappuram	4,110,956	Malappuram
Kozhicode	3,089,543	Kozhicode
Wayanadu	816,558	Kalppetta
Kannur	2,525,637	Kannur
Kasaragod	1,302,600	Kasargod
Total	33,387,677
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Ranking of Districts by Population Size, 2001 and 2011

Rank in 2011	District	Population 2011	Per cent to total population of the State 2011	Population 2001	Per cent to total population of the State 2001	Rank in 2001
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1	Malappuram	41,10,956	12.31	36,25,471	11.39	1
2	Thiruvanan- thapuram	33,07,284	9.91	32,34,356	10.16	2
3	Ernakulam	32,79,860	9.82	31,05,798	9.75	3
4	Thrissur	31,10,327	9.32	29,74,232	9.34	4
5	Kozhikode	30,89,543	9.25	28,79,131	9.04	5
6	Palakkad	28,10,892	8.42	26,17,482	8.22	6
7	Kollam	26,29,703	7.88	25,85,208	8.12	7
8	Kannur	25,25,637	7.56	24,08,956	7.57	8
9	Alappuzha	21,21,943	6.36	21,09,160	6.62	9
10	Kottayam	19,79,384	5.93	19,53,646	6.14	10
11	Kasaragod	13,02,600	3.90	12,04,078	3.78	11
12	Pathanam- thitta	11,95,537	3.58	12,34,016	3.88	12
13	Idukki	11,07,453	3.32	11,29,221	3.55	13
14	Wayanad	8,16,558	2.45	7,80,619	2.45	14

Ranking of Districts by Population Density, 2001 and 2011

Rank in 2011	District	Population Density		Rank in 2001
Rank in 2011	District	2011	2001	Rank in 2001
1	2	3	4	5
1	Thiruvananthapuram	1509	1476	2
2	Alappuzha	1501	1492	1
3	Kozhikode	1318	1228	3
4	Malappuram	1158	1021	5
5	Ernakulam	1069	1012	6
6	Kollam	1056	1038	4
7	Thrissur	1026	981	7
8	Kottayam	896	885	8
9	Kannur	852	812	9
10	Kasaragod	654	604	10
11	Palakkad	627	584	11
12	Pathanamthitta	453	468	12
13	Wayanad	383	366	13
14	Idukki	254	259	14