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Kishtwar 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 14,865 people
Households 2,710 PCA households
Literacy rate 86.07% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 32.82% % 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 14,865 8,179 6,686 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,627 871 756 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 11,394 6,766 4,628 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 86.07% 92.58% 78.04% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 287 159 128 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 80 49 31 Total workersCensus workers 4,878 4,139 739 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 32.82% 50.61% 11.05% Main workersworked at least 6 months 4,459 3,798 661 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 419 341 78 Non-workerspeople 9,987 4,040 5,947
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 2,710 households and 14,865 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.95% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.58% for males and 78.04% for females. Of 4,878 workers, 91.41% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 34 30 Agricultural labourers 17 31 Household industry workers 5 18 Other workers 4,403 340
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 Kishtwar (MC) 018 00068 14,865
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.