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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 800144

Pathankot population.
Households, literacy and work.

Primary Census Abstract for this town in Punjab, using 2011 geography.

Punjab · Census 2011Gurdaspur district
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total includes the outgrowths (OG) explicitly included in the source name; it is not a municipal-core-only count. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population156,306people
Households31,960PCA households
Literacy rate87.9%% of people aged 7+
Work participation32.7%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople156,30682,04574,261
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–614,9668,3076,659
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+124,24067,10757,133
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+87.9%91.01%84.51%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople32,91817,22315,695
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers51,11742,5768,541
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.7%51.89%11.5%
Main workersworked at least 6 months44,09737,5776,520
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months7,0204,9992,021
Non-workerspeople105,18939,46965,720

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 928; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 31,960 households and 156,306 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 9.57% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 91.01% for males and 84.51% for females.
  • Of 51,117 workers, 86.27% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators379195
Agricultural labourers551228
Household industry workers961554
Other workers42,2066,043

The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Pathankot (M Cl + OG)03500201156,306

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 148,937 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople148,93778,11770,820
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–614,2217,8716,350
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+118,53363,95854,575
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+87.99%91.05%84.65%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople29,85515,58414,271
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople000
Total workersCensus workers48,79140,6428,149
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population32.76%52.03%11.51%
Main workersworked at least 6 months42,13135,9276,204
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months6,6604,7151,945
Non-workerspeople100,14637,47562,671

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 929; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks

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