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Census town · Census 2011 · code 064054

Chhawala population.
Households, literacy and work.

Primary Census Abstract for this town in NCT of Delhi, 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.
Population14,662people
Households2,733PCA households
Literacy rate90.64%% of people aged 7+
Work participation36.52%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople14,6628,5846,078
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–61,519894625
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+11,9137,3784,535
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+90.64%95.94%83.17%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople1,549853696
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers5,3554,848507
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.52%56.48%8.34%
Main workersworked at least 6 months5,0194,598421
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months33625086
Non-workerspeople9,3073,7365,571

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 2494; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 2,733 households and 14,662 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.36% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 95.94% for males and 83.17% for females.
  • Of 5,355 workers, 93.73% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators10412
Agricultural labourers9410
Household industry workers687
Other workers4,753307

The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Chhawala (CT)0970045114,662

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.