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Jammu Cantt. 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 28,396 people
Households 5,680 PCA households
Literacy rate 86.63% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 43.6% % 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 28,396 16,494 11,902 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 3,304 1,778 1,526 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 21,738 13,359 8,379 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 86.63% 90.78% 80.75% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 2,998 1,583 1,415 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 718 422 296 Total workersCensus workers 12,382 10,467 1,915 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 43.6% 63.46% 16.09% Main workersworked at least 6 months 10,525 9,441 1,084 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,857 1,026 831 Non-workerspeople 16,014 6,027 9,987
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 5,680 households and 28,396 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.64% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 90.78% for males and 80.75% for females. Of 12,382 workers, 85% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 44 33 Agricultural labourers 27 33 Household industry workers 72 99 Other workers 10,382 1,692
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 Jammu Cantt. (CB) 021 00079 28,396
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.