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Handwara 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 13,600 people
Households 2,011 PCA households
Literacy rate 77.26% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 29.91% % 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 13,600 7,379 6,221 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,938 975 963 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 9,010 5,597 3,413 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 77.26% 87.4% 64.91% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 59 59 0 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 16 12 4 Total workersCensus workers 4,068 3,618 450 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 29.91% 49.03% 7.23% Main workersworked at least 6 months 3,069 2,776 293 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 999 842 157 Non-workerspeople 9,532 3,761 5,771
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 2,011 households and 13,600 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 14.25% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 87.4% for males and 64.91% for females. Of 4,068 workers, 75.44% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 40 52 Agricultural labourers 124 366 Household industry workers 37 60 Other workers 2,868 521
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 Handwara (MC) 001 00002 13,600
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.