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Nahan 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 28,899 people
Households 6,679 PCA households
Literacy rate 91.49% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 32.94% % 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 28,899 15,225 13,674 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,952 1,578 1,374 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 23,740 12,829 10,911 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 91.49% 94.01% 88.71% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 6,398 3,235 3,163 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 215 137 78 Total workersCensus workers 9,519 7,603 1,916 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 32.94% 49.94% 14.01% Main workersworked at least 6 months 8,619 6,961 1,658 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 900 642 258 Non-workerspeople 19,380 7,622 11,758
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 6,679 households and 28,899 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 10.21% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.01% for males and 88.71% for females. Of 9,519 workers, 90.55% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 54 48 Agricultural labourers 62 15 Household industry workers 100 14 Other workers 8,403 823
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 Nahan (M Cl) 032 00172 28,899
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.