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6.19 As per the survey conducted by Economic and Statistics Department of Government of Kerala,
the highest number of NRKs hail from Malappuram district and their proportion to the total NRKs is
18 %. Thrissur is the second largest NRKs concentrated district with 10.73 %, followed by Kannur
as with 10% share of NRKs population. Idukki and Wayanad are the two low NRKs reported districts
and their share to the total NRKs are 0.90 and 1.05 % respectively. Appendix 6.5 shows the district
wise proportion of NRKs in Kerala.

Number of Working NRKs

6.20 Out of the total Non-Resident Keralites, 87.77 % are working in different areas. Among the
working NRKs,93.04 % are men and 6.96 % are women. District wise, Malappuram has the highest
proportion of 19.51 % of working NRKs which is followed by Thrissur and Kozhikkode as 10.50 and
10.37 % respectively. Gender wise, even though Idukki district reported the lowest share of working
NRKs the female working NRKs is 32.83 % of their total working NRKs. Second highest female
working NRKs is identified from Kottayam district with 31.68 %.The district and gender wise ratio of
working NRKs are given in the Appendix 6.6

Fig 6.3
District Wise Working NRKs in Kerala

Source: Economic & Statistics Department.GoK

Country Wise Working NRKs

6.21 Country wise, the highest number ofworking NRKs are reported from UAE which is 35.54
%.Saudi Arabia is the second largest country having the share of 29.5 % of NRKs. Figure 6.4 gives
the country wise proportion of NRKs in Kerala. Gender wise, the proportion of female working NRKs
to the total working NRKs in their country is higher in UK as 34.21 %, followed by Canada as 33.01
% and then other European countries as 29.34%.The lowest female NRKs are identified from Qatar
as 3.7% to the total NRKs in Qatar.

Kerala State Planning Board