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Bhikhiwind population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Punjab, 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 20,526 people
Households 3,835 PCA households
Literacy rate 74.41% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 33.35% % 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 20,526 11,038 9,488 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,571 1,444 1,127 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 13,360 7,681 5,679 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 74.41% 80.06% 67.92% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 5,993 3,134 2,859 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 0 0 0 Total workersCensus workers 6,846 5,835 1,011 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 33.35% 52.86% 10.66% Main workersworked at least 6 months 5,891 5,204 687 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 955 631 324 Non-workerspeople 13,680 5,203 8,477
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 3,835 households and 20,526 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.53% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 80.06% for males and 67.92% for females. Of 6,846 workers, 86.05% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 484 29 Agricultural labourers 306 170 Household industry workers 272 73 Other workers 4,829 683
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 Bhikhiwind (CT) 050 00260 20,526
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.