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Palampur 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 3,543 people
Households 842 PCA households
Literacy rate 91.33% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 35.08% % 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 3,543 1,814 1,729 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 254 137 117 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 3,004 1,559 1,445 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 91.33% 92.96% 89.64% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 785 401 384 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 17 12 5 Total workersCensus workers 1,243 948 295 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 35.08% 52.26% 17.06% Main workersworked at least 6 months 1,192 916 276 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 51 32 19 Non-workerspeople 2,300 866 1,434
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 842 households and 3,543 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 7.17% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.96% for males and 89.64% for females. Of 1,243 workers, 95.9% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 65 13 Agricultural labourers 10 0 Household industry workers 31 1 Other workers 1,086 37
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 Palampur (M Cl) 024 00111 3,543
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.