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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800003

Sopore 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 includes the outgrowths (OG) explicitly included in the source name; it is not a municipal-core-only count. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population71,292people
Households11,192PCA households
Literacy rate70.84%% of people aged 7+
Work participation33.49%% of all residents

Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople71,29237,57033,722
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–69,3295,0424,287
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+43,89225,55618,336
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+70.84%78.57%62.29%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople2592590
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople21518431
Total workersCensus workers23,87519,4834,392
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population33.49%51.86%13.02%
Main workersworked at least 6 months18,77016,2322,538
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months5,1053,2511,854
Non-workerspeople47,41718,08729,330

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 166; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 11,192 households and 71,292 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 13.09% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 78.57% for males and 62.29% for females.
  • Of 23,875 workers, 78.62% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators833320
Agricultural labourers726721
Household industry workers349127
Other workers16,8623,937

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
Sopore (M Cl + OG)0080003271,292

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 61,098 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople61,09831,42629,672
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–68,2124,4223,790
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+37,29720,97016,327
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+70.52%77.66%63.08%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople000
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople613031
Total workersCensus workers19,65215,5294,123
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.16%49.41%13.9%
Main workersworked at least 6 months15,17212,7372,435
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months4,4802,7921,688
Non-workerspeople41,44615,89725,549

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 167; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks