Population dynamics of working class in coastal administrative units of kannur District, Kerala

The coastal systems of the world are crucially important to humankind and are under ever-increasing threat from activities within and outside the coastal zone. While human dependence on coastal systems has greatly increased in the last centuries, the impacts on the ecology of these habitats have become so severe that their productivity and functioning have been altered, mostly in the last few decades. Kannur district is one of the rapid urbanising districts in Kerala according to the 2011 census. As per the 2011 census the total population of Kannur is 2523003 which is about 7.56% of the total state population. The analysis of various data collected from secondary sources like Government of India Census report 2001 and 2011, Panchayat Level Statistics of Kannur District 2001 and 2011, Natural Resource Data Bank of Kannur District 2011, Official websites of Panchayats and Municipalities revealed that the cultivators and agricultural labourers have been considerably decreased in the various administrative units falling within the coastal zone of Kannur district. It is also noted that the number of cultivators and agricultural labourers who left the jobs outnumbered the people who have been added to the category during the period of investigation. Madayi panchayat has been identified as the unit with most number of people left land related jobs.