Muslim population in kerala

In this Article Data about the Muslim Population in Districts Of Kerala is given In Table Format. Demographics, Percentage & Key Insights About Muslim Population also Provided. District Name Total Population Muslim Population Muslim Percentage Kasaragod 1307375 486913 37.24 Kannur 2523003 742483 29.43 Wayanad 817420 234185 28.65 Kozhikode 3086293 1211131 39.24 Malappuram 4112920 2888849 70.24 Palakkad 2809934 812936 28.93 Thrissur 3121200 532839 17.07 Ernakulam 3282388 514397 15.67 Idukki 1108974 82206 7.41 Kottayam 1974551 126499 6.41 Alappuzha 2127789 224545 10.55 Pathanamthitta 1197412 55074 4.60 Kollam 2635375 508500 19.30 Thiruvananthapuram 3301427 452915 13.72

MALAPPURAM: As the debate over the controversial statement regrading the Muslim population in Kerala made by former police chief of the state, T P Senkuamr still continues, a senior IPS officer in state In a note posted on his facebook page on Monday, Sethuraman said that if Muslim population increase in state it will reduce communalism and casteism. "As police officers, we have travelled throughout the state and know people from every corner of the state. Everywhere I have come across only Hindu, Muslim, Nair, Ezhavan, Christian, Dalit etc. But in Malappuram, one can find paccha Malayali (a genuine Malayali). Any one is ready to help another. People are extremely law abiding, cordial and helpful", he says in FB post. Reffering eminent personalities from Muslim community he hails actor Mammootty's roles on silver screens. We need more Basheer(lead role of the movie 'Mathilukal' which has won many awards). "One cannot think of any other actor than Mammooty in 'Vadakkan Veera Gatha', 'Amaram', 'Rajamanikyam', 'Pranchiyettan' etc.. Who is more progressive and liberal than M N Karassery in Kerala ? Sethuraman says about renowned writer. He says Muslims have among them the best of critics and rationalists in Kerala. Hamid Chennamangalloor seamlessly writes about Kerala society and polity. No one challenges fundamentalists better than E A Jabbar and Ayub Maulavi. In Kerala, Muslims are part of state building, thanks to mainstream politics. It is encompassing and liberal. Any one...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The As per the vital statistics report 2015, out of the total 5,16,013 live births in the state, 42.87% belong to The percentage birth rate of Muslims has increased from 35 in 2006 to 41.45 in 2015. Hindu community which recorded a birth rate of 46% in 2006 has dropped to 42.87% in 10 years. Christian birth rate, which has always been below 20%, slumped to 15.42% in 2015 from 17% in 2006. Over the span of nine years, Muslim birth rate has dropped only twice. In 2007, it slipped from 35% (2006) to 33.71%. The rate then shows a steady climb before dropping in 2012 when the birth rate fell from 38.21% (2011) to 31.96%. Between 2010 and 2011, there was only a marginal variation in Muslim P Mohanachandran Nair, professor and head of department of demography , University of Kerala says child population in the state also follow this trend. Between 2001 and 2011, the Hindu child population percentage aged between 0-14 decreased from 50.6 to 48.3. During the same period, the Muslim child population increased from 31.6% to 34.5%. The Hindu child population between 0-4 years also dropped from 50.9% to 46.7% while Muslim child population in the same age group grew from 31.2% to 37.3%, he said. S Irudaya Rajan, professor, Centre for Development Studies (CDS) and demographic expert said that rise in birth rate among Muslims is reflective of qualitative data registration process. “It indicates that more and more Muslim women are registering their births unlike the pas...

On 14 June 2016, Krishnendhu R Nath, an Indian, now residing in Malaysia, was travelling in Kerala’s Malappuram district when she suddenly fell sick. Nath asked for lime soda. Her husband’s friend tried to buy it from a shop on the highway. The friend was told that it was a period when Ramzan fasting was on (the eighth day of the month) and no shop there could sell soda or any eatable for that matter. Piqued, Nath herself went and asked a shopkeeper what his problem was in selling a lime soda or lemon juice during the fasting season. She wondered what travellers would do when they are not fasting. The shopkeeper politely replied that he was eager to supply, but his shop will be destroyed after that. Nath, who recorded her nightmare in a Facebook post, said that she got similar responses from other shops too, forcing her to wonder if she was in Saudi Arabia. The stark reality in Malappuram — where Muslims make up 70 per cent of the population — is that it is not possible now for non-Muslims — Hindus or Christians — to open shops or restaurants during Ramzan and sell eatables. Former BBC journalist and director of South Asia Studies Project at Middle East Media Research Institute in Washington, Tufail Ahmed, recording his impressions in New Age Islam, says that local Hindus have been unable to protest and have willingly accepted their position as second-class citizens or ‘ dhimmis’. Things are changing in Muslim-dominated areas in Kerala. The month of Ramzan is now called Ra...

Town Name Total Population Muslim Population Muslim Percentage Manjeri 97102 68135 70.17 Thalassery 92558 31750 34.30 Ponnani 90491 61812 68.31 Edathala 77811 36342 46.71 Vadakara 75295 25881 34.37 Taliparamba 72465 25468 35.15 Payyannur 72111 12633 17.52 Quilandy 71873 21560 30.00 Kalamassery 71038 24532 34.53 Neyyattinkara 70850 5035 7.11 Beypore 69752 36117 51.78 Thrippunithura 69390 940 1.35 Kayamkulam 68634 26814 39.07 Cheruvannur 61614 39556 64.20 Kodungallur 60190 19329 32.11 Nedumangad 60161 10668 17.73 Kannur 56823 32026 56.36 Tirurangadi 56632 48274 85.24 Thennala 56546 46959 83.05 Tirur 56058 39873 71.13 Moonniyur 55535 43140 77.68 Kottayam 55374 5379 9.71 Kasaragod 54172 29603 54.65 Kunnamkulam 54071 4791 8.86 Pallichal 53861 4963 9.21 Ottappalam 53792 15967 29.68 Thiruvalla 52883 2537 4.80 Thodupuzha 52045 16679 32.05 Vazhakkala 51242 14501 28.30 Perinthalmanna 49723 29110 58.54 Chalakudy 49525 3424 6.91 Vengara 48600 41268 84.91 Tanalur 47976 36408 75.89 Changanassery 47685 8108 17.00 Kunnamangalam 47396 19138 40.38 Alangad 47329 8521 18.00 Vattiyoorkavu 47187 3573 7.57 Komalapuram 47126 6172 13.10 Mattannur 47078 16913 35.93 Pallikal 46962 34490 73.44 Punalur 46702 9462 20.26 Nilambur 46366 23285 50.22 Cherthala 45827 1360 2.97 Chirakkal 45601 15209 33.35 Kodur 45459 38633 84.98 Maradu 44704 6647 14.87 Kottamkara 44402 12889 29.03 Kottakkal 44382 32396 72.99 Olavanna 43895 18181 41.42 Panachikkad 43595 232 0.53 Sponsored Links Shoranur 43533 5569 12.79 Choor...

In probably a first in India, an organisation has been formed in Kerala to provide a platform to those who are renouncing Islam, a move which has significant socio-political implications. Although there are rationalist movements and religious reformist movements in our country, there was no organisation until now to represent those who leave a religion and want to continue as non-religious, neutral person(s). Now, a group of people who renounced Islam have come together to form ‘Ex-Muslims of Kerala’ and also decided to observe January 9 as ‘Kerala Ex-Muslim Day’. Moreover, considering India’s religious history, the ex-Muslims’ movement of Kerala can be viewed as a unique historical development. Islam has some unique traits as far as apostasy is concerned. Unlike other religions, Islam prescribes death penalty to apostates. In most Islamic countries, apostates face penal action. In a democratic country like India apostasy is not a crime but such people face socio-economic boycotts and even violence from the Muslim community. In India, Islamic clerics use various kinds of bullying tactics to intimidate those who renounce religion or criticise its tenets. Often these intimidation tactics violate the basic human rights of individuals. Eviction, ex-communication of families, family ex-communicating a member, forcing spouse of apostate to seek divorce, not allowing an apostate to contact their children, no share in inheritance, obstructing marriages etc. are some of the usual t...

Increasing population and limited participation in higher education are mainly blamed for backwardness of Though the economic status and the literacy level of Muslims in Kerala are better, still the rate of their population growth is higher that the national average, says the report by Centre for Policy Analysis, an independent and non-profit policy research body. According to the report, several programmes are run by the government for minorities but the schemes are not yielding the desired results because of their "improper" execution. The report citing the 2011 census said women participation in the workforce at the national level is 24.64 per cent but this rate is lowest in the Muslim community at 15.58 per cent. It said the low literacy rate negatively affects the availability of economic opportunities, which in turn affects the participation in the workforce. The report suggests the government bring changes in its programmes for minorities to achieve larger national goals and improve the condition of women. Don’t miss out on ET Prime stories! Get your daily dose of business updates on WhatsApp. • Khanda, who led anti-India protest dies • Flying taxi is top trend at VivaTech in Paris • Biparjoy: Will continue upto midnight, says IMD • IndiGo plane suffers tail strike while... • Purola Love Jihad row: Mahapanchayat cancelled • Ten quick tips to become a 'Professional Trader' • 10 stocks with highest EBITDA margin in FY23 • Biparjoy: Ground report from affected area • A...

While India’s Muslim population grew faster than the Hindu population between 1991 and 2001 and then between 2001 and 2011, the pace of growth declined more dramatically for Muslims than Hindus over these two decades, census data shows. Indeed, of all major religious communities in the country, the smallest decline in population growth between these two decades was in the case of Hindus while smaller groups such as Jains and Buddhists saw the sharpest drops. The 1991 census did not cover Jammu & Kashmir and therefore, growth rates have to be calculated excluding the erstwhile state, now split into two Union Territories. Excluding Jammu & Kashmir, the country’s overall population grew by 21.5% from 1991 to 2001, but by a lower 17.7% between 2001 and 2011. All religious communities contributed to this slowing down with each one seeing slower growth than in the previous decade. The decline in Hindu population growth was by 3.1 percentage points from 19.9% to 16.8%, the only major group for which the slowdown was less than the national average. Muslim population growth dropped by 4.7 percentage points from 29.3% to 24.6%, while the Christian, Experts agree that economic class and education levels, particularly of the mother, are the biggest determinants of fertility and hence population growth. Religion is at best a minor factor. This also explains why the population of Muslims in, say,