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Samba 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 12,700 people
Households 2,566 PCA households
Literacy rate 90.45% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 34.3% % 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 12,700 6,979 5,721 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,365 756 609 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 10,252 5,882 4,370 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 90.45% 94.52% 85.49% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 3,629 1,934 1,695 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 5 4 1 Total workersCensus workers 4,356 3,885 471 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 34.3% 55.67% 8.23% Main workersworked at least 6 months 3,999 3,583 416 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 357 302 55 Non-workerspeople 8,344 3,094 5,250
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 2,566 households and 12,700 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.75% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.52% for males and 85.49% for females. Of 4,356 workers, 91.8% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 9 4 Agricultural labourers 10 8 Household industry workers 46 17 Other workers 3,934 328
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 Samba (MC) 022 00082 12,700
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.