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Shimla 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 169,578 people
Households 46,306 PCA households
Literacy rate 93.63% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 41.87% % 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 169,578 93,152 76,426 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 13,571 7,179 6,392 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 146,062 81,495 64,567 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 93.63% 94.79% 92.19% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 29,601 16,041 13,560 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 2,765 1,459 1,306 Total workersCensus workers 70,999 53,492 17,507 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 41.87% 57.42% 22.91% Main workersworked at least 6 months 62,899 49,631 13,268 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 8,100 3,861 4,239 Non-workerspeople 98,579 39,660 58,919
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 46,306 households and 169,578 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 8% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 94.79% for males and 92.19% for females. Of 70,999 workers, 88.59% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 854 2,320 Agricultural labourers 388 489 Household industry workers 1,530 417 Other workers 60,127 4,874
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 Shimla (M Corp.) 033 00182 169,578
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.