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Chamba population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Himachal Pradesh, 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 19,933 people
Households 4,556 PCA households
Literacy rate 91.76% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 34.26% % 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 19,933 9,971 9,962 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 1,864 959 905 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 16,580 8,548 8,032 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 91.76% 94.85% 88.68% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 4,282 2,116 2,166 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 1,098 556 542 Total workersCensus workers 6,830 5,056 1,774 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 34.26% 50.71% 17.81% Main workersworked at least 6 months 5,844 4,346 1,498 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 986 710 276 Non-workerspeople 13,103 4,915 8,188
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 4,556 households and 19,933 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 9.35% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.85% for males and 88.68% for females. Of 6,830 workers, 85.56% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 30 50 Agricultural labourers 20 65 Household industry workers 62 33 Other workers 5,732 838
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 Chamba (M Cl) 023 00090 19,933
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.