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Paonta Sahib 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 25,183 people
Households 5,713 PCA households
Literacy rate 89.83% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 36.22% % 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 25,183 13,265 11,918 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 2,921 1,553 1,368 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 19,997 10,853 9,144 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 89.83% 92.67% 86.67% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 3,621 1,883 1,738 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 124 70 54 Total workersCensus workers 9,122 7,208 1,914 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 36.22% 54.34% 16.06% Main workersworked at least 6 months 8,357 6,737 1,620 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 765 471 294 Non-workerspeople 16,061 6,057 10,004
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 5,713 households and 25,183 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.6% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 92.67% for males and 86.67% for females. Of 9,122 workers, 91.61% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 146 37 Agricultural labourers 104 37 Household industry workers 626 41 Other workers 7,481 650
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 Paonta Sahib (M Cl) 032 00173 25,183
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.