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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800071

Jammu population.
Households, literacy and work.

Primary Census Abstract for this town in Jammu and Kashmir, using 2011 geography.

Jammu and Kashmir · Census 2011Jammu district
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.
Population576,198people
Households117,479PCA households
Literacy rate89%% of people aged 7+
Work participation34.61%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople576,198303,689272,509
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–654,02729,49624,531
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+464,730253,712211,018
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+89%92.53%85.1%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople71,31437,18934,125
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople18,5669,7098,857
Total workersCensus workers199,431158,07541,356
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.61%52.05%15.18%
Main workersworked at least 6 months176,167144,06732,100
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months23,26414,0089,256
Non-workerspeople376,767145,614231,153

Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 424; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 117,479 households and 576,198 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 9.38% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.53% for males and 85.1% for females.
  • Of 199,431 workers, 88.33% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators1,130666
Agricultural labourers860840
Household industry workers2,1501,536
Other workers172,02720,222

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
Jammu (M Corp. + OG)02100079576,198

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 502,197 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople502,197263,141239,056
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–645,64224,93120,711
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+411,558222,438189,120
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+90.14%93.38%86.62%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople58,73330,58228,151
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople6,3423,3163,026
Total workersCensus workers175,288136,90538,383
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population34.9%52.03%16.06%
Main workersworked at least 6 months155,470125,49529,975
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months19,81811,4108,408
Non-workerspeople326,909126,236200,673

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 425; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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