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Now Gam population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Jammu and Kashmir, using 2011 geography.
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total is the single published town row. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population 2,490 people
Households 420 PCA households
Literacy rate 73.71% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 32.53% % of all residents
Population, children, literacy and work by sex Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Indicator · Census 2011 Total Males Females Populationpeople 2,490 1,289 1,201 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 299 164 135 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 1,615 919 696 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 73.71% 81.69% 65.29% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 0 0 0 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 810 668 142 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 32.53% 51.82% 11.82% Main workersworked at least 6 months 687 641 46 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 123 27 96 Non-workerspeople 1,680 621 1,059
Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.
Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract Source access notes and archived workbooks
What stands out in this profile? Census 2011 recorded 420 households and 2,490 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.01% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 81.69% for males and 65.29% for females. Of 810 workers, 84.81% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 3 8 Agricultural labourers 2 30 Household industry workers 13 38 Other workers 669 47
The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.
Source components of this town Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Published component District code Subdistrict code People Now Gam (CT) 010 00044 2,490
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.