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Shamshi population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Himachal Pradesh, 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 8,870 people
Households 2,081 PCA households
Literacy rate 86.05% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 48.67% % 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 8,870 4,746 4,124 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 829 413 416 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 6,919 3,961 2,958 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 86.05% 91.41% 79.77% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 1,821 933 888 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,690 848 842 Total workersCensus workers 4,317 2,919 1,398 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 48.67% 61.5% 33.9% Main workersworked at least 6 months 3,477 2,581 896 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 840 338 502 Non-workerspeople 4,553 1,827 2,726
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 2,081 households and 8,870 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.35% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.41% for males and 79.77% for females. Of 4,317 workers, 80.54% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 571 296 Agricultural labourers 186 257 Household industry workers 106 60 Other workers 2,614 227
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 Shamshi (CT) 026 00118 8,870
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.