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Census town · Census 2011 · code 645551

Garacharma population.
Households, literacy and work.

Primary Census Abstract for this town in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 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.
Population14,419people
Households3,732PCA households
Literacy rate90.75%% of people aged 7+
Work participation40.25%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople14,4197,6556,764
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–61,476719757
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+11,7466,5115,235
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+90.75%93.87%87.15%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople000
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople1105060
Total workersCensus workers5,8044,6551,149
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population40.25%60.81%16.99%
Main workersworked at least 6 months5,0784,118960
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months726537189
Non-workerspeople8,6153,0005,615

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 28386; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 3,732 households and 14,419 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.24% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.87% for males and 87.15% for females.
  • Of 5,804 workers, 87.49% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators285
Agricultural labourers125
Household industry workers5812
Other workers4,980704

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
Garacharma (CT)6400592314,419

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.