Editing Travancore (section)

==Demographics==

{{historical populations|11=1816|12=906,587 |13=1836|14=1,280,668 |15=1854|16=1,262,647 |17=1875|18=2,311,379 |19=1881|20=2,401,158 |21=1891|22=2,557,736 |23=1901|24=2,952,157|25=1911|26=3,428,975 |27=1921|28=4,006,062|29=1931|30=5,095,973|31=1941|32=6,070,018 |percentages=pagr|footnote=Source:<ref>{{Cite book|title=Travancore, Part I, Vol-XXV (1941)|publisher=Government of Travancore|year=1942|location=Thiruvananthapuram|page=13|url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/5598/1/20374_1941_REP.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Report on the Census of Travancore (1891)|publisher=Government of India|year=1894|location=Chennai|page=631|url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/5571/1/42181.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Report on the Census of Travancore (1881)|publisher=Government of India|year=1884|location=Thiruvananthapuram|page=87|url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/5570/1/41740.pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Pie chart
| thumb = right
| caption = Religion in Travancore (1941):<ref name="r1941">{{Cite book|title=Travancore, Part I, Vol-XXV (1941)|publisher=Government of Travancore|year=1942|location=Thiruvananthapuram|pages=124–125|url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/5598/1/20374_1941_REP.pdf}}</ref>
| label1 = [[Hinduism]]
| value1 = 60.5
| color1 = Orange
| label2 = [[Christianity]]
| value2 = 32.35
| color2 = dodgerblue
| label3 = [[Islam]]
| value3 = 7.15
| color3 = Green
}}

Travancore had a population of 6,070,018 at the time of the [[1941 Census of India]].<ref name="1941Census">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114131939/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_And_You/old_report/TABLE_1941_1.HTM|archive-date=2013-11-14|access-date=2014-03-29|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_And_You/old_report/TABLE_1941_1.HTM|title=Table 1 – Area, houses and population|work=[[1941 Census of India]]|publisher=[[Government of India]]}}</ref>

===Religions===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="line-height:20px;text-align:center;"
|-
! Census year
| '''Total population'''
| colspan="2" style="background:Orange;"|[[Hinduism|<span style="color:white;">'''Hindus'''</span>]]
| colspan="2" style="background:DodgerBlue;"|[[Christianity|<span style="color:white;">'''Christians'''</span>]]
| colspan="2" style="background:Green;"|[[Islam|<span style="color:white;">'''Muslims'''</span>]]
|-
! 1816 – 1820
| 906,587<ref name="r1931">{{Cite book|title=Census of India, 1931, VOLUME XXVIII, Travancore, Part-I Report|publisher=Government of Travancore|year=1932|location=Thiruvananthapuram|pages=327, 331|url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/5591/1/43534_1931_REP.pdf}}</ref>
| 752,371<ref name="r1931"/>
| '''82.99%'''
| 112,158<ref name="r1931"/>
| '''12.37%'''
| 42,058<ref name="r1931"/>
| '''4.64%'''
|-
! 1881
| 2,401,158<ref name="r1881">{{Cite book|title=Report on the Census of Travancore (1881)|publisher=Government of India|year=1884|location=Thiruvananthapuram|pages=135, 258|url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/5570/1/41740.pdf}}</ref>
| 1,755,610<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''73.12%'''
| 498,542<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''20.76%'''
| 146,909<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''6.12%'''
|-
! 1891
| 2,557,736<ref name="r1891">{{Cite book|title=Report on the Census of Travancore (1891)|publisher=Government of India|year=1894|location=Chennai|pages=10–11, 683|url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/5571/1/42181.pdf}}</ref>
| 1,871,864<ref name="r1891"/>
| '''73.18%'''
| 526,911<ref name="r1891"/>
| '''20.60%'''
| 158,823<ref name="r1891"/>
| '''6.21%'''
|-
! 1901
| 2,952,157<ref name="r1931"/>
| 2,063,798<ref name="r1931"/>
| '''69.91%'''
| 697,387<ref name="r1931"/>
| '''23.62%'''
| 190,566<ref name="r1931"/>
| '''6.46%'''
|-
! 1911
| 3,428,975<ref name="r1931"/>
| 2,298,390<ref name="r1931"/>
| '''67.03%'''
| 903,868<ref name="r1931"/>
| '''26.36%'''
| 226,617<ref name="r1931"/>
| '''6.61%'''
|-
! 1921
| 4,006,062<ref name="r1931"/>
| 2,562,301<ref name="r1931"/>
| '''63.96%'''
| 1,172,934<ref name="r1931"/>
| '''29.27%'''
| 270,478<ref name="r1931"/>
| '''6.75%'''
|-
! 1931
| 5,095,973<ref name="r1931"/>
| 3,137,795<ref name="r1931"/>
| '''61.57%'''
| 1,604,475<ref name="r1931"/>
| '''31.46%'''
| 353,274<ref name="r1931"/>
| '''6.93%'''
|-
! 1941
| 6,070,018<ref name="r1941"/>
| 3,671,480<ref name="r1941"/>
| '''60.49%'''
| 1,963,808<ref name="r1941"/>
| '''32.35%'''
| 434,150<ref name="r1941"/>
| '''7.15%'''
|}

===Languages===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="line-height:20px;text-align:center;"
|-
! Census year
| '''Total population'''
| colspan="2" style="background:Red;"|[[Malayalam|<span style="color:white;">'''Malayalam'''</span>]]
| colspan="2" style="background:Green;"|[[Tamil language|<span style="color:white;">'''Tamil'''</span>]]
| colspan="2" style="background:gray;"|[[Languages of India|<span style="color:white;">'''Others'''</span>]]
|-
! 1875
| 2,311,379<ref name="r1881"/>
| 1,902,533<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''82.32%'''
| 387,909<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''16.78%'''
| 20,937<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''0.91%'''
|-
! 1881
| 2,401,158<ref name="r1881"/>
| 1,937,454<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''80.69%'''
| 439,565<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''18.31%'''
| 24,139<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''1.01%'''
|-
! 1891
| 2,557,736<ref name="r1891"/>
| 2,079,271<ref name="r1891"/>
| '''81.29%'''
| 448,322<ref name="r1891"/>
| '''17.53%'''
| 30,143<ref name="r1891"/>
| '''1.18%'''
|-
! 1901
| 2,952,157<ref name="r1901">{{Cite book|title=Census of India-1901, Volume-XXVI, Travancore (Part-I)|last=Iyer|first=N. Subrahmanya|publisher=Government of Travancore|year=1903|location=Thiruvananthapuram|pages=224–225|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.55974}}</ref>
| 2,420,049<ref name="r1901"/>
| '''81.98%'''
| 492,273<ref name="r1901"/>
| '''16.68%'''
| 39,835<ref name="r1901"/>
| '''1.35%'''
|-
! 1911
| 3,428,975<ref name="r1911">{{Cite book|title=Census of India – 1911, Volume-XXIII, Travancore (Part-I)|last=Iyer|first=N. Subramhanya|publisher=Government of Travancore|year=1912|location=Thiruvananthapuram|page=176|url=http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/ideologie/data/CensusIndia/CensusIndia1911/1911%20-%20Travancore%20-%20Vol%20I.pdf}}</ref>
| 2,836,728<ref name="r1911"/>
| '''82.73%'''
| 554,618<ref name="r1911"/>
| '''16.17%'''
| 37,629<ref name="r1911"/>
| '''1.10%'''
|-
! 1921
| 4,006,062<ref name="r1921">{{Cite book|title=Census of India, 1921, Volume-XXV, Travancore|last=Iyer|first=S. Krishnamoorthi|publisher=Government of Travancore|year=1922|location=Thiruvananthapuram|page=91|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.56017}}</ref>
| 3,349,776<ref name="r1921"/>
| '''83.62%'''
| 624,917<ref name="r1921"/>
| '''15.60%'''
| 31,369<ref name="r1921"/>
| '''0.78%'''
|-
! 1931
| 5,095,973<ref name="r1931"/>
| 4,260,860<ref name="r1931"/>
| '''83.61%'''
| 788,455<ref name="r1931"/>
| '''15.47%'''
| 46,658<ref name="r1931"/>
| '''0.92%'''
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="line-height:20px;text-align:center;"
|+Distribution of Language by Division (1881)<ref name="r1881"/>
|-
| style="background:Orange;"|[[List of districts of Kerala|<span style="color:white;">'''Name of Division'''</span>]]<ref name="r1881"/>
| style="background:Red;"|[[Malayalam|<span style="color:white;">'''Malayalam (%)'''</span>]]<ref name="r1881"/>
| style="background:Green;"|[[Tamil language|<span style="color:white;">'''Tamil (%)'''</span>]]<ref name="r1881"/>
|-
! [[Padmanabhapuram]] Division
| '''11.24'''<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''88.03'''<ref name="r1881"/>
|-
! [[Thiruvananthapuram]] Division
| '''87.05'''<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''12.09'''<ref name="r1881"/>
|-
! [[Kollam|Quilon]] Division
| '''92.42'''<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''6.55'''<ref name="r1881"/>
|-
! [[Kottayam|Cottayam]] Division
| '''95.19'''<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''3.65'''<ref name="r1881"/>
|-
! [[Devikulam|Devicolam]] Division
| '''36.18'''<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''59.14'''<ref name="r1881"/>
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="line-height:20px;text-align:center;"
|+Languages by [[Tehsil|Taluk]]s (1881)<ref name="r1881"/>
|-
| colspan="2" style="background:Black;"|[[List of districts of Kerala|<span style="color:white;">'''Name of Taluk'''</span>]]<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''Total population'''<ref name="r1881"/>
| colspan="2" style="background:Red;"|[[Malayalam|<span style="color:white;">'''Malayalam'''</span>]]<ref name="r1881"/>
| colspan="2" style="background:Green;"|[[Tamil language|<span style="color:white;">'''Tamil'''</span>]]<ref name="r1881"/>
| colspan="2" style="background:gray;"|[[Languages of India|<span style="color:white;">'''Others'''</span>]]<ref name="r1881"/>
|-
! 1
! [[Thovalai]]
| 30,260<ref name="r1881"/>
| 190<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''0.63%'''
| 29,708<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''98.18%'''
| 362<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''1.20%'''
|-
! 2
! [[Agasteeswaram]]
| 78,979<ref name="r1881"/>
| 705<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''0.89%'''
| 76,645<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''97.04%'''
| 1,629<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''2.06%'''
|-
! 3
! [[Eraniel]]
| 112,116<ref name="r1881"/>
| 9,640<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''8.60%'''
| 102,389<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''91.32%'''
| 87<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''0.08%'''
|-
! 4
! [[Kalkulam|Culcoolum]]
| 60,908<ref name="r1881"/>
| 10,528<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''17.29%'''
| 49,930<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''81.98%'''
| 450<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''0.74%'''
|-
! 5
! [[Vilavancode]]
| 69,688<ref name="r1881"/>
| 18,497<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''26.54%'''
| 51,172<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''73.43%'''
| 19<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''0.03%'''
|-
! 6
! [[Neyyattinkara]]i
| 110,410<ref name="r1881"/>
| 97,485<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''88.29%'''
| 12,809<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''11.60%'''
| 116<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''0.11%'''
|-
! 7
! [[Thiruvananthapuram]] South
| 51,337<ref name="r1881"/>
| 39,711<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''77.35%'''
| 10,522<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''20.50%'''
| 1,104<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''2.15%'''
|-
! 8
! [[Thiruvananthapuram]] North
| 51,649<ref name="r1881"/>
| 38,979<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''75.47%'''
| 11,102<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''21.50%'''
| 1,568<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''3.04%'''
|-
! 9
! [[Nedumangad|Nedoomangad]]
| 52,211<ref name="r1881"/>
| 48,492<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''92.88%'''
| 3,573<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''6.84%'''
| 146<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''0.28%'''
|-
! 10
! [[Chirayinkeezhu|Sheraingil]]
| 87,072<ref name="r1881"/>
| 82,339<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''94.56%'''
| 4,629<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''5.37%'''
| 146<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''0.17%'''
|-
! 11
! [[Kottarakkara]]i
| 55,924<ref name="r1881"/>
| 51,836<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''94.56%'''
| 3,994<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''7.14%'''
| 94<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''0.17%'''
|-
! 12
! [[Pathanapuram]]
| 37,064<ref name="r1881"/>
| 35,264<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''95.14%'''
| 1,603<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''4.32%'''
| 197<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''0.53%'''
|-
! 13
! [[Sengottai]]
| 30,477<ref name="r1881"/>
| 7<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''0.02%'''
| 29,694<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''97.43%'''
| 776<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''2.55%'''
|-
! 14
! [[Kollam|Quilon]]
| 108,469<ref name="r1881"/>
| 103,775<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''95.67%'''
| 3,650<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''3.37%'''
| 1,044<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''0.96%'''
|-
! 15
! [[Kunnathur, Kerala|Kunnathur]]
| 62,700<ref name="r1881"/>
| 60,330<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''96.22%'''
| 2,339<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''3.73%'''
| 31<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''0.05%'''
|-
! 16
! [[Karunagappally|Karunagapully]]
| 101,039<ref name="r1881"/>
| 99,079<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''98.06%'''
| 1,814<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''1.80%'''
| 146<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''0.14%'''
|-
! 17
! [[Karthikappally|Karthikapully]]
| 81,969<ref name="r1881"/>
| 79,705<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''97.24%'''
| 1,059<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''1.29%'''
| 1,205<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''1.47%'''
|-
! 18
! [[Mavelikkara]]i
| 111,731<ref name="r1881"/>
| 107,404<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''96.13%'''
| 4,139<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''3.70%'''
| 188<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''0.17%'''
|-
! 19
! [[Chengannur]]
| 81,301<ref name="r1881"/>
| 80,295<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''98.76%'''
| 986<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''1.21%'''
| 20<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''0.02%'''
|-
! 20
! [[Thiruvalla]]i
| 103,007<ref name="r1881"/>
| 101,041<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''98.09%'''
| 1,664<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''1.62%'''
| 302<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''0.29%'''
|-
! 21
! [[Ambalappuzha|Ambalappulay]]
| 93,401<ref name="r1881"/>
| 82,345<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''88.16%'''
| 5,864<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''6.28%'''
| 5,192<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''5.56%'''
|-
! 22
! [[Cherthala|Sharetala]]
| 113,704<ref name="r1881"/>
| 107,108<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''94.20%'''
| 2,312<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''2.03%'''
| 4,284<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''3.77%'''
|-
! 23
! [[Vaikom|Vycome]]
| 76,414<ref name="r1881"/>
| 72,827<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''95.31%'''
| 2,684<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''3.51%'''
| 903<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''1.81%'''
|-
! 24
! [[Ettumanoor|Yettoomanoor]]
| 79,058<ref name="r1881"/>
| 75,004<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''94.87%'''
| 3,879<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''4.91%'''
| 175<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''0.22%'''
|-
! 25
! [[Kottayam|Cottayam]]
| 64,958<ref name="r1881"/>
| 63,831<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''98.27%'''
| 722<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''1.11%'''
| 405<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''0.62%'''
|-
! 26
! [[Changanassery|Chunganacherry]]
| 74,154<ref name="r1881"/>
| 66,481<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''89.65%'''
| 7,394<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''9.97%'''
| 279<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''0.38%'''
|-
! 27
! [[Meenachil|Meenachel]]
| 57,102<ref name="r1881"/>
| 55,186<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''96.64%'''
| 1,857<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''3.25%'''
| 59<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''0.10%'''
|-
! 28
! [[Muvattupuzha|Moovattupulay]]
| 95,460<ref name="r1881"/>
| 93,473<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''97.92%'''
| 1,930<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''2.02%'''
| 57<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''0.06%'''
|-
! 29
! [[Thodupuzha|Todupulay]]
| 24,321<ref name="r1881"/>
| 23,227<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''95.50%'''
| 1,085<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''4.46%'''
| 9<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''0.04%'''
|-
! 30
! [[Kunnathunad|Cunnathunad]]
| 109,625<ref name="r1881"/>
| 108,083<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''98.59%'''
| 831<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''0.76%'''
| 711<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''0.65%'''
|-
! 31
! [[Alangad|Alangaud]]
| 66,753<ref name="r1881"/>
| 65,839<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''98.63%'''
| 571<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''0.86%'''
| 343<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''0.51%'''
|-
! 32
! [[North Paravur|Paravoor]]
| 61,966<ref name="r1881"/>
| 56,495<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''91.17%'''
| 3,332<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''5.38%'''
| 2,139<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''3.45%'''
|-
! 33
! [[Cardamom Hills]]
| 6,228<ref name="r1881"/>
| 2,253<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''36.18%'''
| 3,683<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''59.14%'''
| 292<ref name="r1881"/>
| '''4.69%'''
|-
!-
! Travancore
! 2,401,158<ref name="r1881"/>
! 1,937,454<ref name="r1881"/>
! '''80.69%'''
! 439,565<ref name="r1881"/>
! '''18.31%'''
! 24,139<ref name="r1881"/>
! '''1.01%'''
|}
{{Further|topic=the language Nanam Monam, also known as|Naanam Moonam}}