Kollam district ranks sixth in position when considering the population of Kerala. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Kollam has an average literacy rate of 91.47%, higher than the national average of 59.5%, male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is 80%. In Kollam, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Such a large population requires medical support from different systems of medicine. For that the most refined system of medicine - Homoeopathy is well equipped in this district with District Hospitals, Taluk hospitals, dispensaries and the "Ayush Homoeo Dispensaries" under NRHM.
