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Nowshehra 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 10,408 people
Households 1,283 PCA households
Literacy rate 94.4% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 63.96% % 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 10,408 7,729 2,679 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 651 384 267 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 9,211 7,154 2,057 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 94.4% 97.4% 85.28% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 847 607 240 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 303 166 137 Total workersCensus workers 6,657 6,204 453 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 63.96% 80.27% 16.91% Main workersworked at least 6 months 6,371 6,000 371 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 286 204 82 Non-workerspeople 3,751 1,525 2,226
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 1,283 households and 10,408 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 6.25% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 97.4% for males and 85.28% for females. Of 6,657 workers, 95.7% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 52 3 Agricultural labourers 18 20 Household industry workers 0 0 Other workers 6,301 263
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 Nowshehra (MC) 006 00025 10,408
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.