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Pulwama 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 18,440 people
Households 2,483 PCA households
Literacy rate 74.18% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 29.92% % 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 18,440 10,070 8,370 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 3,167 1,843 1,324 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 11,329 6,838 4,491 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 74.18% 83.12% 63.74% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 185 185 0 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 140 139 1 Total workersCensus workers 5,517 4,610 907 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 29.92% 45.78% 10.84% Main workersworked at least 6 months 4,116 3,769 347 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,401 841 560 Non-workerspeople 12,923 5,460 7,463
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 2,483 households and 18,440 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 17.17% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 83.12% for males and 63.74% for females. Of 5,517 workers, 74.61% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 174 318 Agricultural labourers 58 298 Household industry workers 73 24 Other workers 3,811 761
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 Pulwama (MC) 012 00051 18,440
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.