KOCHI: With 11 municipalities and a municipal corporation, Ernakulam tops the list of the most urbanised districts in Kerala with 68.07 percent of its residents living in urban areas, according to Census 2011 findings.Of the total population of 32,79,860 in the coastal district, 22,32,564 live in urban areas, according to the Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala. The rural population in Ernakulam district is 10,47,296.While the total population of the district had gone up by a mere 5.60 per cent since 2001 (when the previous census was conducted), the urban population has witnessed a spurt of 51.15 per cent. The rural population has dipped by 35.70 per cent.“The increase in urban population does not necessarily mean that more people are migrating to urban areas. In Kerala, the trend has been of rapid urbanisation over the last decade,” Dr V M Gopala Menon, director of Census Operations, Kerala, said. Ernakulam district has witnessed the effects of rapid urbanisation over the past decade. Kochi city, for instance, has fast spread its wings westward, to the islands dotting the backwaters, as well as eastwards. Of Ernakulam’s total urban population, 11,33,002 are women and 9.04 per cent of its urban population are children below the age of six. When it comes to percentage of urban population, Ernakulam is followed by Thrissur (67.19 per cent), Kozhikode (67.15 per cent) and Kannur (65.05 per cent). The Census 2011 population enumeration was held in the state last February.
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