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Kupwara 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 21,771 people
Households 1,934 PCA households
Literacy rate 86.64% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 49.3% % 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 21,771 15,120 6,651 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,093 1,082 1,011 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 17,049 12,903 4,146 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 86.64% 91.91% 73.51% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 25 25 0 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 803 501 302 Total workersCensus workers 10,733 9,506 1,227 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 49.3% 62.87% 18.45% Main workersworked at least 6 months 9,577 8,634 943 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,156 872 284 Non-workerspeople 11,038 5,614 5,424
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 1,934 households and 21,771 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.61% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.91% for males and 73.51% for females. Of 10,733 workers, 89.23% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 87 53 Agricultural labourers 27 283 Household industry workers 62 61 Other workers 9,401 759
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 Kupwara (MC) 001 00001 21,771
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.