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Punch 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 26,854 people
Households 4,943 PCA households
Literacy rate 91.33% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 38.94% % 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 26,854 16,063 10,791 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,582 1,367 1,215 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 22,168 14,067 8,101 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 91.33% 95.72% 84.6% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 275 156 119 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,783 1,033 750 Total workersCensus workers 10,457 9,088 1,369 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 38.94% 56.58% 12.69% Main workersworked at least 6 months 9,363 8,312 1,051 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,094 776 318 Non-workerspeople 16,397 6,975 9,422
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 4,943 households and 26,854 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.61% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 95.72% for males and 84.6% for females. Of 10,457 workers, 89.54% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 51 54 Agricultural labourers 52 150 Household industry workers 9 28 Other workers 9,251 862
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 Punch (M Cl) 005 00016 26,854
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.